Bleeding — synonyms, definition

1. bleeding (a) Brit

bloodstained bloody dead injured by gunfire sanguinary sanguine shot wounded

2. bleeding (Noun) Brit

battle bloodshed butchery gore haemorrhage hemorrhage killing slaughter

bleeding (Noun) — The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

harm hurt injury trauma blood extravasation cerebral hemorrhage epistaxis haemorrhagic stroke hemorrhagic stroke hyphema metrorrhagia nosebleed ulemorrhagia

3. bleeding (Adjective) Brit

bleedin'

bleeding (Adjective) — Used for disapproving emphasis. ex. "he's a bleeding idiot"

4. bleeding (Verb) Brit

haemorrhaging hemorrhaging leeching phlebotomising phlebotomizing running shedding blood

bleeding (Verb) — Lose blood from one's body.

bleeding (Verb) — (medicine) draw blood. ex. "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

bleeding (Verb) — Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone. ex. "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

bleeding (Verb) — Be diffused. ex. "These dyes and colours are guaranteed not to bleed"

bleeding (Verb) — Drain of liquid or steam. ex. "bleed the radiators" ex. "the mechanic bled the engine"

caring for diffusing discharging ejecting emptying exhausting expelling extorting fanning out gouging racking releasing spreading spreading out squeezing treating wringing crocking flowing menstruating