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bleeding

noun · adjective · adverb

Simple meaning

The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

Pronunciation

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bleeding

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈblidɪŋ

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

  2. figurative

    Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.

adjective

  1. Losing blood.

adverb

  1. britishslang

    Used as an intensifier: Extremely.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
General and technical use

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Used this way, bleeding is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a nautical use: it is standard at sea and largely unfamiliar ashore.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Clinical and technical
Usage feel
Technical and specialized

Where it naturally appears

  • Sailing/maritime
  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.

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More ways to use bleeding

  • “The small cut on his finger was bleeding a little bit.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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gastrointestinal bleedingvaginal bleedingbleeding heartinternal bleedingrectal bleedinguterine bleedingmenstrual bleeding

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

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  • bleedverbBase word

    Lose blood from one's body.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • bleeding heartnounCompound term

    Garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.

  • bleeding toothnounCompound term

    Gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening.

  • love-lies-bleedingnounCompound term

    Young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables.

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