bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage
(noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bleeding
present participle of bleed
bleeding (not comparable)
Losing blood
(UK, slang, intensifier) extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).
• "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." —
bleeding (not comparable)
(Britain, slang) used as an intensifier: Extremely.
bleeding (countable and uncountable, plural bleedings)
The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
(medicine, historical) Bloodletting.
Source: Wiktionary
Bleed"ing, a.
Definition: Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
Bleed"ing, n.
Definition: A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding.] Etym: [OE. bleden, AS. bl, fr. bl blood; akin to Sw. blöda, Dan. blöde, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See Blood.]
1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Cæsar must bleed." Shak. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. For me the balm shall bleed. Pope.
5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.] To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.
Bleed, v. t.
1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller.
3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
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