bleeding
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.when blood flows out of a person's body because of an injury.
n.the escape of blood from the circulatory system due to damaged blood vessels.
Simple“The doctor applied pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.”
In context“Internal bleeding can be difficult to diagnose without imaging, as the patient may only present with vague symptoms like dizziness or low blood pressure.”
Synonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
adj.a word used to show you are very angry or to make a point stronger.
adj.used as an attributive intensifier to express anger, frustration, or emphasis.
Simple“I've been waiting for the bleeding bus for forty minutes.”
In context“He complained that the bleeding radiator had been leaking all weekend despite the landlord's promises to fix it.”
- 03 C1 Advanced
adv.used before an adjective to mean 'very' when you are annoyed.
adv.an intensifying adverb used to add emotional force to an adjective.
Simple“It is bleeding cold in this office today.”
In context“The instructions were bleeding impossible to follow, leading the team to abandon the project entirely by mid-afternoon.”
“Mayer was unable to get in behind her jab for long periods and was bleeding and breathing heavily by round six.”
“Symptoms include fever, fatigue, muscle pain and headache followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash and internal and external bleeding.”
By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.