BLEEDING

bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage

(noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

bleeding

present participle of bleed

Adjective

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." —

Adverb

bleeding (not comparable)

(Britain, slang) used as an intensifier: Extremely.

Noun

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

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