bleeding
/ˈblidɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of bleed; losing blood.
- His finger is bleeding from the paper cut.
- She is bleeding from a small scratch.
- The wounded soldier was bleeding heavily.
noun
- The act or process of losing blood from the body.
- The doctor stopped the bleeding with a bandage.
- Internal bleeding can be very dangerous.
- He applied pressure to the wound to control the bleeding.
Synonyms
adjective
- Losing blood; emitting blood.
- She had a bleeding cut on her finger.
- The bleeding patient was rushed to the hospital.
- A bleeding nose can be scary for a child.
- Used to emphasize something negative or extreme (informal, especially British).
- That's a bleeding shame.
- I can't find my bleeding keys anywhere.
- The bleeding car won't start again.