bleeding: Meaning and Definition of

bleed•ing

Pronunciation: (blē'ding), [key]
— n.
  1. the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
  2. the act or process of drawing blood from a person, esp. surgically; bloodletting.
  3. the extension of color beyond an edge or border, esp. so as to combine with a contiguous color or to affect an adjacent area.
—adj.
  1. sending forth blood: a bleeding sore.
  2. feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
  3. (used as an intensifier): bleeding fool.
—adv.
  1. (used as an intensifier): a bleeding silly idea.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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