noun

bleeding

BLEE-dihng

noun

The flow of blood from a wound or, in medical contexts, from inside the body.

"Apply pressure to stop the bleeding."

"Internal bleeding after the crash required emergency surgery."

adj

A mild British intensifier expressing annoyance, similar to "damn."

"Where's the bleeding remote control gone?"

How to Use Bleeding

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishBlood loss from an injury, or (informally, mainly UK) a mild swear-like intensifier.

When to use it

The intensifier sense is informal British slang, mild but still not suited to formal writing.

Common pairings

stop the bleeding internal bleeding bleeding heart

bleedings plural

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Apply pressure to stop the _____.

needing feeding weeding seeding breeding speeding receding exceeding preceding proceeding succeeding inbreeding