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Bleeding

verb
/ˈbliːdɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 14.1

Definitions

1.verb(of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
"If her nose bleeds, try to use ice."
2.verbTo let or draw blood from.
3.verbTo take large amounts of money from.
4.verbTo steadily lose (something vital).
"The company was bleeding talent."
5.verb(of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
"Ink traps counteract bleeding."
6.verbTo remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
7.verbTo bleed on; to make bloody.
8.verbTo show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
"He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple."
9.verbTo lose sap, gum, or juice.
"A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded."
10.verbTo issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
11.verb(of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
"Labialization bleeds palatalization."
12.nounThe 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."
13.nounBloodletting.
14.adjectiveLosing blood
15.adjective(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"
16.adverbUsed as an intensifier: Extremely.
"His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway."

Synonyms

hemorrhagehaemorrhagebloodybleederhemorrhagichaemorrhagingbloodlettingpurgethroatbloodstreamhaemorrhagicblood

Rhymes With

precedingmisleadingsucceedingpleadingleadingproceedingrecedingexceeding
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