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bleeding for

bleeding for is the present participle and gerund of bleed for.

Meaning of bleed for

Verb

bleed for (third-person singular simple present bleeds for, present participle bleeding for, simple past and past participle bled for)

  1. To feel great sympathy or compassion for; to mourn on account of.
    • He bleeds for the Negro, he bleeds for the Jew, he bleeds for the oppressed peoples.1967 July 7, William A. McWhirter, “How Art Swindlers Duped a Virtuous Millionaire”, in LIFE, volume 63, number 1, page 54
  2. To suffer when fighting for.
    • In great emergencies peoples are saved by men who bleed for the people, who are willing to pay dear and deep for their devotion to righteousness.1896, The Methodist Review - Volume 78, page 787
  3. To receive corporal or capital punishment for.
    • The contrite hears, he hears, and lives; Bleeds for his crimes, and heav'n forgives;1802, Hymns for Public Worship, page 48

Questions about bleeding for

What is bleeding for the present participle and gerund of?
Bleeding for is the present participle and gerund of bleed for.

Words near bleeding for in the dictionary

  1. bleedin'
  2. bleeding
  3. bleeding dry
  4. bleeding edge
  5. bleeding edges
  6. bleeding for
  7. bleeding heart
  8. bleeding hearts
  9. bleeding heck
  10. bleeding hell
  11. Bleeding Kansas

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