/blee"ding/ , n.
1. the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
2. the act or process of drawing blood from a person, esp. surgically; bloodletting.
3. the extension of color beyond an edge or border, esp. so as to combine with a contiguous color or to affect an adjacent area.
adj.
4. sending forth blood: a bleeding sore.
5. feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
6. Brit. Slang. (used as an intensifier): bleeding fool.
adv.
7. Brit. Slang. (used as an intensifier): a bleeding silly idea.
[ 1175-1225; ME (n. and adj.); see BLEED, -ING 1 , -ING 2 ]