bleeding

/ˈbliːdɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    (of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

    If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
  2. 2

    To let or draw blood from.

  3. 3

    To take large amounts of money from.

  4. 4

    To steadily lose (something vital).

    The company was bleeding talent.
  5. 5

    (of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

    Ink traps counteract bleeding.
  6. 6

    To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

  7. 7

    To bleed on; to make bloody.

  8. 8

    To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

    He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
  9. 9

    To lose sap, gum, or juice.

    A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
  10. 10

    To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.

  11. 11

    (of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

    Labialization bleeds palatalization.

noun

  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

    Bloodletting.

adjective

  1. 1

    Losing blood

  2. 2

    (intensifier) extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).

    "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — http//groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.software.year-2000/msg/ba82c9dd28cde368

adverb

  1. 1

    Used as an intensifier: Extremely.

    His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.

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