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free-bleeding

free-bleeding noun: the practice of abstaining from the use of tampons, pads, menstrual cups, or other menstrual hygiene products during a menstrual period. Also the present participle and gerund of free-bleed.

free-bleeding: the practice of abstaining from the use of tampons, pads, menstrual cups, or other menstrual...
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Noun

free-bleeding (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The practice of abstaining from the use of tampons, pads, menstrual cups, or other menstrual hygiene products during a menstrual period.

Also used as

free-bleeding is also the present participle and gerund of free-bleed.

Forms of free-bleeding

alternative formfreebleeding
alternative formfree bleeding

Origin of free-bleeding

From free + bleed.

Questions about free-bleeding

What does free-bleeding mean?
Free-bleeding means the practice of abstaining from the use of tampons, pads, menstrual cups, or other menstrual hygiene products during a menstrual period.
What part of speech is free-bleeding?
Free-bleeding is a noun.

Words near free-bleeding in the dictionary

  1. free-and-easy
  2. free-ball
  3. free-balled
  4. free-balling
  5. free-balls
  6. free-bleeding
  7. free-blown
  8. free-body diagram
  9. free-body diagrams
  10. free-boob
  11. free-boobed

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