Definition of BLEEDING

bleeding

Plural: bleedings

Noun

  • The process of losing blood from the body.
  • the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
  • The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
  • Bloodletting.
  • Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.
  • Menstruation.

Verb

  • lose blood from one's body
  • draw blood
  • get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
  • be diffused
  • drain of liquid or steam
  • present participle and gerund of bleed

Adj

  • Losing blood.
  • extreme, outright; bloody, blasted.

Adv

  • used as an intensifier: Extremely.

Examples

  • His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
  • His constant BLEEDING of small words prevented his opponent from making big plays.
  • Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.
  • It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.
  • the bleeding of the budget
  • the bleeding of the treasury

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Synonyms

bleed, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, run, shed blood, Aunt Flo, Aunt Frieda, Aunt Rose, Bloody Mary, Charlie, Jennie, Monica, OTB, Rita Red Pants, Tom, Tommy, blob, blood sports, blowjob week, breaching the beaver dam, catamenia, caught short, closed for maintenance, come crook, country cousin, crimson tide, crimson wave, curse, curse of Eve, curse of Tom, dropping clots, entertaining the general, fall off the roof, fallen to the Communists, flashing the red flag, flowers, flying baker, flying the red flag, friend, grandma George, granny, granny grunts, have one's moons, have the painters in, have the rag on, high tide, holy week, illness, in the red tent, lady problems, lady time, little sister, menstrual period, menstruation, menstruation period, monthlies, monthly bill, monthly friend, monthly period, monthly visitor, mooncup time, moontime, mother nature, off games, old faithful, on, on a streak, on the blob, on the cloth, on the rag, out of order, paddling in scarlet waters, period, poorliness, ragging, red sails in the sunset, red-headed aunt, red-letter day, riding the cotton pony, riding the red river, shark week, so, so-so, squiffy, surfing the crimson tide, surfing the crimson wave, surrendering to the red army, the Reds are playing at home, the captain is home, the cardinal is home, the flag is out, the flag is up, time for an oil change, time of the month, up on blocks, woman's week

Scrabble Score: 12

bleeding: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bleeding: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bleeding: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

bleeding: valid Words With Friends Word