verb
- losing blood heavily from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding profusely
- losing something rapidly and uncontrollably (figurative)
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is 'hemorrhaging'; present participle or gerund form of 'haemorrhage'
Usage: metaphorical use
adjective
- experiencing or characterized by heavy bleeding or rapid loss
Usage: attributive or predicative use
Examples
- The patient was haemorrhaging internally after the accident.
- The wound was haemorrhaging so badly that emergency surgery was required.
- The company is haemorrhaging money due to poor management.
- The organization has been haemorrhaging staff members all year.
- Doctors worked quickly to stop the haemorrhaging before it became critical.
- The haemorrhaging patient needed an immediate blood transfusion.