English Explanatory Dictionary

bleeding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bleed
adj
  1. Losing blood.
  2. extreme, outright; bloody, blasted.
adv
  1. used as an intensifier: Extremely.
noun
  1. The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
  2. Bloodletting.
  3. Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.
  4. Menstruation.
  5. The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise).
  6. Printing past the edge of the leaf (past the trim).

Pronunciation

/ˈbliːdɪŋ/ en-us-bleeding.ogg

Word forms

bleeding bleedings

Etymology

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Synonyms

Aunt Flo Aunt Frieda Aunt Rose blob blood sports Bloody Mary blowjob week breaching the beaver dam catamenia caught short Charlie closed for maintenance come crook country cousin crimson tide crimson wave curse curse of Eve curse of Tom dropping clots entertaining the general fallen to the Communists fall off the roof flowers flashing the red flag flying baker flying the red flag friend grandma George granny granny grunts have the painters in have one's moons have the rag on high tide holy week illness in the red tent Jennie lady problems lady time little sister menstruation menstrual period menstruation period Monica monthlies monthly bill monthly friend monthly period monthly visitor mooncup time moontime mother nature off games old faithful on on a streak OTB on the blob

Related words

bleeder bleedingly blood bloody

Derived words

bleeding edge bleeding-edge bleeding-heart bleeding heart bleeding heck bleeding hell bleeding Nora bleeding oak crust bleeding sickness bleeding stump bleeding tooth fungus nonbleeding unbleeding antibleeding bleeding time breakthrough bleeding free-bleeding free bleeding implantation bleeding love-lies-bleeding microbleeding nosebleeding reflex bleeding stop the bleeding
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