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bleeding adjective [ ˈbliːdɪŋ ]

• used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.
• "the watch was a bleeding copy"

bleed verb

• lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.
• "the cut was bleeding steadily"
Similar: lose blood, haemorrhage,
• draw blood from (someone), especially as a former method of treatment in medicine.
• "he didn't bleed his patients with leeches"
Similar: draw blood from, phlebotomize, exsanguinate,
Opposite: transfuse,
• allow (fluid or gas) to escape from a closed system through a valve.
• "open the isolating valves and bleed air from the pump chamber"
• (of a liquid substance such as dye or colour) seep into an adjacent colour or area.
• "I worked loosely with the oils, allowing colours to bleed into one another"
Similar: flow, run, ooze, seep, trickle, leak, filter, percolate, escape, leach, permeate, merge with,
Origin: Old English blēdan, of Germanic origin; related to blood.


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