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# bleeding

«bleeding» in Mova's school dictionary: **losing blood from a cut, wound or injury** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of bleed (bleed, bleeds, bled, bleeding); noun (bleeding, uncountable); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bleeding is losing blood from a cut, wound or injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#m1)

2) Bleeding (noun) is the flow of blood from the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#m2)

3) Bleeding (of colours) means spreading from one area into another, like wet paint or dye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#m3)

4) Bleeding (British, informal and rude) is used to make a statement stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In first aid lessons, to stop bleeding, press firmly on the wound with a clean cloth, raise the injured part if you can, and get an adult; serious bleeding needs emergency help. A nosebleed: sit up, lean forward, pinch the soft part of the nose. Small cuts should be washed and covered with a plaster. Phrases: stop the bleeding, a bleeding nose (nosebleed), bleeding heavily, my heart is bleeding.

### examples

- His knee was bleeding after he fell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x1)
- Press on the cut to stop the bleeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x2)
- For a nosebleed, lean forward and pinch your nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x3)
- The bleeding stopped after a few minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x4)
- Call for help if someone is bleeding badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x5)
- The red dye was bleeding into the white shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x6)
- The next moment the poor hawk lay bleeding and dying at its master's feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/#x7)

### note

Past form of bleed is bled (not "bleeded"). Lean forward, not back, for a nosebleed so blood doesn't go down your throat. Wear gloves if you help someone who is bleeding, if you can. The informal "bleeding" as a swear word is rude.

### In the corpora

- [Red blood cells carry oxygen using iron-rich haemoglobin, white cells fight germs, and platelets help stop bleeding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/65-the-heart-and-blood/9/)
- [Most bleeding stops if you press firmly on the wound with a clean cloth and keep pressing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/17/)
- [A cut is washed with clean water, pressed with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and covered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/2/)
- [A bruise is bleeding under the skin; it changes colour from purple to green to yellow as the body clears it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/20/)
- [A punch to the nose often causes bleeding and swelling that can spread into two black eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bleeding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleeding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.