haemorrhage

Other spellings

• (US) hemorrhage

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈhɛmərɪd͡ʒ/ or /ˈhɛmrɪd͡ʒ/

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• Hyphenation: haem‧or‧rhage

Noun

Singular haemorrhage

Plural haemorrhages

1. (countable & uncountable) Haemorrhage is the heavy loss of blood from a person or animal's body.
2. (countable & uncountable) (figurative) A haemorrhage is the sudden loss of something.

Verb

Plain form haemorrhage

Third-person singular haemorrhages

Past tense haemorrhaged

Past participle haemorrhaged

Present participle haemorrhaging

1. (intransitive) When a person haemorrhages, they bleed a lot
2. (transitive) (figurative) When A haemorrhaged B, A loses a lot of B.

   The company has begun to haemorrhage money.