Bleeding

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Bleed.

II. Bleeding ·adj Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, ·etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

III. Bleeding ·noun A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

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