how to pronounce bleeding

/ˈbliːdɪŋ/

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bleeding is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bleeding in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… how my hands are bleeding I'm just …”

meanings of bleeding

adjective:

Losing blood.
Extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).

noun:

Bloodletting.
The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

verb:

Present participle of bleed.

adverb:

Used as an intensifier: Extremely.

bleeding frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word bleeding occurs in english on average 11.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.