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 →

2) Bleeding (noun) is the flow of blood from the body. tree →

3) Bleeding (of colours) means spreading from one area into another, like wet paint or dye. tree →

4) Bleeding (British, informal and rude) is used to make a statement stronger. tree →

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 →
• Press on the cut to stop the bleeding. tree →
• For a nosebleed, lean forward and pinch your nose. tree →
• The bleeding stopped after a few minutes. tree →
• Call for help if someone is bleeding badly. tree →
• The red dye was bleeding into the white shirt. tree →
• The next moment the poor hawk lay bleeding and dying at its master's feet. tree →

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.
• Most bleeding stops if you press firmly on the wound with a clean cloth and keep pressing.
• A cut is washed with clean water, pressed with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and covered.
• A bruise is bleeding under the skin; it changes colour from purple to green to yellow as the body clears it.
• A punch to the nose often causes bleeding and swelling that can spread into two black eyes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bleeding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.