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bleeding

  • noun
  • bleed·ing
  • /ˈbliːdɪŋ/

The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

Example

“Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.”

Other meanings

  1. Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening.

  2. The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise).

Example sentences

  • “What causes bleeding between periods?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “My business is bleeding cash.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bleeding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.