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bleeding

[ blee-ding ]

noun

  1. the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
  2. the act or process of drawing blood from a person, especially surgically; bloodletting.
  3. the extension of color beyond an edge or border, especially so as to combine with a contiguous color or to affect an adjacent area.


adjective

  1. sending forth blood:

    a bleeding sore.

  2. feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
  3. British Slang. (used as an intensifier):

    bleeding fool.

adverb

  1. British Slang. (used as an intensifier):

    a bleeding silly idea.

bleeding

/ ˈ²ú±ô¾±Ë»åɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (intensifier)

    a bleeding fool

    it's bleeding beautiful

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²ú±ô±ð±ð»åi²Ô²µ adjective noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²ú±ô±ð±ð»åi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bleeding1

1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); bleed, -ing 1, -ing 2
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Her daughter was discovered in the passenger seat of a car crashed nearby, also bleeding from gunshot wounds, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

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The hiker, who was found unconscious and bleeding from a head wound, was airlifted to medical care.

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Tests revealed Lexi suffered bleeding on her brain, likely caused by being violently shaken, both recently and on at least one earlier occasion, prosecutors said.

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PC Attwell was knocked unconscious during the attack and the footage shows members of the public trying to help him as he was bleeding.

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In the meantime, the flight engineer stopped the bleeding on the captain's arm by using his shirt as a torniquet.

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