different between flushing vs bleeding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl????/

Etymology 1

flush +? -ing

Verb

flushing

1. present participle of flush

Derived terms

• flushingly

Etymology 2

From Middle English flusshyng, flusshynge, equivalent to flush +? -ing.

Noun

flushing (plural flushings)

1. The act by which something is flushed.

   We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.

Etymology 3

Named after the dated anglicized Dutch city name Flushing (“Vlissingen”) where the wool was made, from Dutch Vlissingen, further etymology is uncertain.

Noun

flushing (plural flushings)

1. (Britain) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
2. A surface formed of floating threads.

Anagrams

• lungfish

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bli?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??
• Hyphenation: bleed?ing

Verb

bleeding

1. present participle of bleed

Adjective

bleeding (not comparable)

1. Losing blood
2. (Britain, slang, intensifier) extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).
   • "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — [1]

   • "You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen."

Translations

Derived terms

• bleeding edge
• bleeding heart

Adverb

bleeding (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang) used as an intensifier: Extremely.

Noun

bleeding (countable and uncountable, plural bleedings)

1. The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
2. (medicine, historical) Bloodletting.

Translations

Related terms

• bleeder
• bleedingly
• blood
• bloody