"bloodsucking" meaning in All languages combined

See bloodsucking on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bloodsucking.wav
Etymology: From blood + sucking. Etymology templates: {{af|en|blood|sucking}} blood + sucking Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bloodsucking (not comparable)
  1. (of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. Tags: not-comparable Translations (that draws off blood): blodsugende (Danish), vérszívó (Hungarian), blodsugende (Norwegian Bokmål), blodsugande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bloodsucking-en-adj-ri4fYm73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 25 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 22 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 24 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 51 25 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 24 24 Disambiguation of 'that draws off blood': 87 13
  2. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bloodsucking-en-adj-7i52HxBc Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 32 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonbloodsucking Related terms: bloodsucker

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bloodsucking.wav Forms: bloodsuckings [plural]
Etymology: From blood + sucking. Etymology templates: {{af|en|blood|sucking}} blood + sucking Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bloodsucking (countable and uncountable, plural bloodsuckings)
  1. Parasitic, leechlike behavior. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bloodsucking-en-noun-mUw4olJL Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 32 30

Alternative forms

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