bleeding
adj.
exuding blood, losing blood
n.
discharging of blood
bleed
v.
discharge blood; discharge fluid; extract blood; extract fluid; blackmail, extort money; feel sympathy; ooze, flow; print a page so that an image runs off at least one side of the page after trimming
Bleeding
Bleeding
bleeding
Noun
1. flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels
(synonym) hemorrhage, haemorrhage
(hypernym) injury, hurt, harm, trauma
(hyponym) hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke
(derivation) shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
bleed
Verb
1. lose blood from one's body
(synonym) shed blood, hemorrhage
(hypernym) discharge, expel, eject, release
(hyponym) menstruate, flow
(derivation) hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder, hemophile, haemophile
2. draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
(synonym) leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
(hypernym) treat, care for
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
3. get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
(hypernym) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
4. be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
(synonym) run
(hypernym) diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
(hyponym) crock
(verb-group) melt, run, melt down
5. drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"
(hypernym) empty
Bleeding
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bleed
(n.)
A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
(a.)
Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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