1. (noun)blood the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
2. (noun)blood temperament or disposition "a person of hot blood"
3. (noun)rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue a dissolute man in fashionable society
4. (noun)lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock the descendants of one individual "his entire lineage has been warriors"
5. (verb)blood people viewed as members of a group "we need more young blood in this organization"
6. (verb)blood smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Definitions of 'blood'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)blood the fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial
2. (noun)blood relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship
3. (noun)blood descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage
4. (noun)blood descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed
5. (noun)blood the fleshy nature of man
6. (noun)blood the shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction
7. (noun)blood a bloodthirsty or murderous disposition
8. (noun)blood temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions
9. (noun)blood a man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake
10. (noun)blood the juice of anything, especially if red
11. (verb)blood to bleed
12. (verb)blood to stain, smear or wet, with blood
13. (verb)blood to give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war
14. (verb)blood to heat the blood of; to exasperate