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bleeding

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bleeding
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bleeding1 /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
 Word Family: noun: blood, bleeding; adjective: bloodless, bloody; verb: bleed
the condition of losing blood from your body ⇨ haemorrhage:
    Use pressure to control the bleeding.
    The bleeding had almost stopped.
    He died of internal bleeding.
    severe/heavy bleeding (=when someone is losing a lot of blood)

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bleeding2 adjective [only before noun] British English spoken not polite
an offensive way of emphasizing something when you are angry:
    Get your bleeding hands off my car!