bleeding

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bleeding

/ˈbliːdɪŋ/

Sounds like bleating (with /t/-flapping) · Rhymes with -iːdɪŋ

Where it comes from

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bleed

adjective

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.
UK, emphatic, intensifier, not comparable, slang extreme, outright; bloody, blasted. You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all.

adverb

UK, not comparable, slang used as an intensifier: Extremely. His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.

noun bleedings

countable, uncountable The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel. Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.
countable, historical, uncountable Bloodletting. Notwithstanding the employ of general and local bleeding, blisters, &c., the patient died on the fourth day after entrance.
countable, figuratively, uncountable Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening. the bleeding of the budget
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.
Similar: Aunt Flo, Aunt Frieda, Aunt Rose, blob, blood sports, Bloody Mary, blowjob week, breaching the beaver dam, catamenia, caught short, Charlie, closed for maintenance
countable, uncountable The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise).
Similar: bleed-through, print-through
countable, uncountable Printing past the edge of the leaf (past the trim).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hemorrhage, haemorrhage, bloody, bleeder, hemorrhagic, haemorrhaging, bloodletting, purge, throat, bloodstream, haemorrhagic, blood, draining, shedding, brain, indent

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adj losing blood

Français	saignant
Deutsch	blutend
Русский	кровоточа́щий krovotočáščij, истека́ющий кро́вью istekájuščij króvʹju

noun the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel

Español	sangrado, sangramiento, sangradura
한국어	출혈 chulhyeol
日本語	出血 shukketsu
中文	出血 chūxuè, chūxiě, 滲色 /渗色 shènsè
हिन्दी	रक्तस्राव raktasrāv
Português	sangramento, hemorragia
Français	saignement, hémorragie
Deutsch	Blutung
Italiano	sanguinamento, emorragia
Ελληνικά	αιμορραγία aimorragía
Română	sângerare, hemoragie
Русский	кровотече́ние krovotečénije
Tiếng Việt	sự chảy máu
العربية	نَزِيف nazīf, نَزْف nazf
עברית	דימום \ דִּמּוּם dimúm

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@misc{bleeding_2026,
  title = {bleeding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleeding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}