# bleeding

Pronunciation: say "BLEE-ding" /ˈbliːdɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Losing blood, especially from a wound, injury, or damaged blood vessel.
   - Simple: Losing blood from a cut, wound, or injury.
   - _Paramedics stabilized the bleeding passenger before moving him from the wreck._
   - _The surgeon clamped the bleeding artery to control the loss of blood._
4. Used attributively as a mild British expletive expressing anger, annoyance, or emphasis; comparable to 'damned' or 'blasted'. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: Used before a noun to show anger or annoyance, like a milder form of the word 'damn'.
   - _He left the bleeding gate open and the sheep wandered off again._
   - _I've waited two bleeding hours for a bus that never came._

## Noun

2. The escape of blood from a blood vessel that has been injured or damaged.
   - Simple: The flow of blood out of the body from a cut or damaged blood vessel.
   - _Internal bleeding can be difficult to detect without imaging._
   - _A tourniquet was applied to control heavy bleeding in the leg._
6. A colloquial term for menstruation, the monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: An everyday word for a woman's monthly period.
   - _Her bleeding had been irregular for months, so she booked a checkup._
   - _Many athletes track their bleeding to plan their training schedules._
7. A gradual depletion of a resource such as money, strength, or support; a draining or sapping away.
   - Simple: A slow loss of money, strength, or other things over time.
   - _Investors grew alarmed at the steady bleeding of cash from the failing venture._
   - _The scandal triggered a slow bleeding of public trust in the agency._
8. The historical medical practice of deliberately drawing blood from a patient in an effort to cure or prevent disease.
   - Simple: The old medical practice of taking blood from a sick person to try to cure illness.
   - _The physician prescribed bleeding to restore what he believed was a balance of humors._
   - _Barber-surgeons performed bleeding alongside their other duties for centuries._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of bleed. — present participle and gerund of bleed
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of bleed, used for blood that is flowing now or for the flow itself.
   - _The injured climber kept bleeding despite the bandage tied around his arm._
   - _Doctors worked quickly to control the bleeding before it became dangerous._

## Adverb

5. Used as an intensifier meaning extremely or very, chiefly in British informal speech. *(slang, British)*
   - Simple: Very or extremely, used in casual British speech to make another word stronger.
   - _You were bleeding lucky to get a refund after all that._
   - _The queue moved bleeding slowly in the midday heat._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "bleed" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bleeding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).