bleeding Synonyms & Antonyms
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Bleeding as a Verb
present participle and gerund of bleed
(of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
To let or draw blood from.
To take large amounts of money from.
To steadily lose (something vital).
The company was bleeding talent.
(of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
Ink traps counteract bleeding.
To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
To bleed on; to make bloody.
To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
To lose sap, gum, or juice.
A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
(of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
Labialization bleeds palatalization.
Bleeding as an Adjective
Losing blood.
extreme, outright; bloody, blasted.
(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
Bleeding as an Adverb
used as an intensifier: Extremely.
His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
Bleeding as a Noun
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.
Bloodletting.
Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.
the bleeding of the budget
Menstruation.
Owing to the prudery of Victorian times, people hardly dared talk about bleeding at all — even privately, let alone publicly.
The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise).
Printing past the edge of the leaf (past the trim).
Bleeding in a Sentence
His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.
Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.
the bleeding of the budget
the bleeding of the treasury
Owing to the prudery of Victorian times, people hardly dared talk about bleeding at all — even privately, let alone publicly.
If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
The company was bleeding talent.
Ink traps counteract bleeding.
He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
Labialization bleeds palatalization.
"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
Word Forms & Grammar
bleeding
bleeding (not comparable)
bleeding (countable and uncountable, plural bleedings)
Words That Rhyme With Bleeding
Origin of Bleeding
By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.
Bleeding at a Glance
| Part of speech | verb, adjective, adverb, noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ |
| Meaning | present participle and gerund of bleed |
| Plural | bleedings |