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bleeding en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbliːdɪŋ/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Losing blood.
   • The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital. 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
2. (UK, emphatic, intensifier, not-comparable, slang) extreme, outright; bloody, blasted.
   • You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all. 1999, Paul Milne, “Why Kari Kauffman Is A Bald Faced Liar” in comp.software.year-2000
   • "You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen." 2004, DrusillaDax, “Battlefields”, in Sensus Fanfiction Archive, retrieved 08 Oct 2014:

Deriveds

bleeding edge · bleeding heart · bleeding heck · bleeding-heart · bleeding hell · nonbleeding · unbleeding · bleeding sickness · bleeding-edge · bleeding oak crust · bleeding Nora · bleeding stump · bleeding tooth fungus

Translations (8)

kmr xwînberbûn (losing blood) · la sanguinans (losing blood) · fi verta vuotava (losing blood) · pl krwawiący (losing blood) · ru кровоточа́щий (losing blood) · fr saignant (losing blood) · ru истека́ющий кро́вью (losing blood) · msk dogo (losing blood)

bleeding en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈbliːdɪŋ/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (UK, not-comparable, slang) used as an intensifier: Extremely.
   • His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
   • It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.
   • It does highlight some of the difficulties, but does not dare state the bleeding obvious, which is that neither are likely to play a major part in delivering a decarbonised agenda on the railways – […]. 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:

bleeding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbliːdɪŋ/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
   • An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic […] real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
   • Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) Bloodletting.
   • Notwithstanding the employ of general and local bleeding, blisters, &c., the patient died on the fourth day after entrance. 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 24:
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.
   • the bleeding of the budget
   • the bleeding of the treasury
4. (colloquial, countable, euphemistic, uncountable) Menstruation.
   • Owing to the prudery of Victorian times, people hardly dared talk about bleeding at all — even privately, let alone publicly.
5. (countable, qualifier:graphic arts, uncountable) The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise).
6. (countable, qualifier:graphic arts, uncountable) Printing past the edge of the leaf (past the trim).

Forms

Deriveds

microbleeding · stop the bleeding · reflex bleeding · love-lies-bleeding · breakthrough bleeding · implantation bleeding · antibleeding · free bleeding · free-bleeding · nosebleeding · bleeding time

Relateds

bloody · blood · bleeder · bleedingly

Synonyms

red sails in the sunset · blob · grandma George · surfing the crimson wave · mooncup time · surfing the crimson tide · Aunt Rose · the Reds are playing at home · off games · lady time · paddling in scarlet waters · holy week · have the painters in · on · fall off the roof · curse · OTB · Charlie · dropping clots · country cousin · riding the red river · ragging · time for an oil change · shark week · come crook · crimson wave · crimson tide · monthly bill · Tom · monthly friend · print-through · Aunt Flo · Jennie · red-headed aunt · monthly period · little sister · menstruation · friend · catamenia · on the rag · Tommy · period · moontime · woman's week · the flag is out · monthlies · riding the cotton pony · curse of Eve · poorliness · menstrual period · Rita Red Pants · time of the month · out of order · blood sports · squiffy · on the blob · Monica · blowjob week · the flag is up · mother nature · caught short · up on blocks · bleed-through · entertaining the general · Bloody Mary · have one's moons · granny · monthly visitor · the captain is home · in the red tent · flying the red flag · illness · the cardinal is home · surrendering to the red army · granny grunts · flying baker · on the cloth · old faithful · fallen to the Communists · so-so · flashing the red flag · closed for maintenance · have the rag on · on a streak · menstruation period · high tide · so · flowers · curse of Tom · lady problems · Aunt Frieda · breaching the beaver dam · red-letter day

Translations (72)

nl bloeding (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · th เลือดออก (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · is blæðing (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · prs خُونْریزِی (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ur خُوں ریزی (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ro hemoragie (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ml ചോരയൊലിപ്പ് (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · kk қан кету (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ro sângerare (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · he דימום \ דִּמּוּם (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · mn цус алдалт (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · bg кръвотече́ние (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · cs krvácení (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · es sangradura (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · hu vérzés (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · de Blutung (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · pt hemorragia (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · it emorragia (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · az qanaxma (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · tr nezif (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · sk krvácanie (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · sv blödning (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · kk қан агу (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · pt sangramento (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · lt kraujavimas (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · hi रक्तस्राव (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · nn bløding (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · be крывяцёк (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ms pendarahan (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ar نَزِيف (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · fr saignement (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · tr kanama (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · cmn 滲色 /渗色 (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · bg кръвои́злив (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ka სისხლდენა (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · fr hémorragie (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · fi verenvuoto (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · be крывяце́ча (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · id pendarahan (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · vi sự chảy máu (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · sh крва́ре̄ње (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ar نَزْف (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · kmr xwînçûn (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · sq gjakderdhje (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · it sanguinamento (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · fa-ira خونْریزی (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ru кровотече́ние (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ml രക്തസ്രാവം (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ja 出血 (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · es sangramiento (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · sh krvárēnje (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · uk кровоте́ча (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · pl krwawienie (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · da blødning (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · hy արյունահոսություն (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · mk крва́вење (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · uz qon ketishi (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · et verejooks (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · sl krvavitev (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · nb blødning (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · be крывацёк (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · el αιμορραγία (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ky кан агуу (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · es sangrado (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · cmn 出血 (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · be крывацячэ́нне (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ky кан кетүү (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · uz qon ketish (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · lv asiņošana (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · tg хунрезӣ (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · ko 출혈 (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) · be крывацячэ́ньне (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel)

bleeding en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbliːdɪŋ/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bleed
   form of bleed