Bleeding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bleeding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of bleed.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of bleed.
More Meanings
- Losing blood.
- (UK, slang, intensifier) extreme, outright; bloody, blasted.
- (British, slang) used as an intensifier: Extremely.
- The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
- (medicine, historical) Bloodletting.
- (figurative) Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.
- (euphemistic, colloquial) Menstruation.
Example Sentences
His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.
You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all.
Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.
Word Forms
- bleedings
Synonyms for bleeding
Depending on context, synonyms include blob, catamenia, Charlie, curse, flowers, friend.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hemorrhage, haemorrhage, bloody, bleeder, hemorrhagic, haemorrhaging.
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