See Also: Bleeding(medicine)
bleeding(dictionary)
GI bleeding(medicine)
bleeding heart(dictionary)
Bleeding Kansas(encyclopedia)
bleeding (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
bleeding heart(encyclopedia)
uterine bleeding(encyclopedia)
bleeding 1, noun(dictionary)
bleeding 2, adjective(dictionary)

bleeding (iou)



bleeding adjective & adverb. ME.
[from BLEED verb + -ING2.]
A. adjective.
Losing or emitting blood; losing any other fluid (such as sap in plants) as from a wound. ME.
Running or suffused with blood. rare. ME.
Full of anguish from suffering, compassion, etc. L16.
Of a nation etc.: devastated by war or other catastrophe. L17.
Cursed, damnable, bloody. colloq. M19.
Phrases: bleeding edge colloq. [after leading edge], the very forefront of technological innovation, extremely new technological advances or theories. bleeding heart (a) any of various plants; esp. a member of the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, with arching stems of red flowers; (b) colloq. a person who is too soft-hearted or sentimental.
b. adverb.
Conspicuously, completely. rare (Shakes., modifying new). Only in E17.
Cursedly, damnably, bloody. colloq. L19.