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Definition of 'blood' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) blood
the red fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates, consisting of plasma in which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.

2.  blood
a comparable circulating fluid in many invertebrates.

3.  blood
the vital principle; life.

4.  blood
a person or group regarded as a source of vitality:
The company needs new blood.

5.  blood
one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness.

6.  blood
bloodshed; slaughter.

7.  blood
the juice or sap of plants.

8.  blood
temperament:
a person of hot blood.

9.  blood
human nature; humanity:
the frailty of our blood.

10.  blood
descent from a common ancestor; ancestry:
related by blood.

11.  blood
the people of one's lineage; kindred.

12.  blood
royal extraction:
a prince of the blood.

13.  blood
purebred breeding.

14.  blood
a profligate or rake.

15.  blood
Chiefly Brit. a high-spirited, adventuresome youth.

16.  blood
Slang. a black person, esp. a man.

17. (v.t.) blood
to give (hounds) a first sight or taste of blood.

18.  blood
to stain with blood.

19.  blood
bad blood, longstanding mutual animosity.

20.  blood
in cold blood, with malign and merciless lack of feeling.

21.  blood
taste blood, to experience a new, usu. violent or destructive sensation and acquire an appetite for it.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME blo(o)d, OE blōd; c. OFris, OS blōd, OHG bluot, ON blōth, Go bloth)

Definition of 'blood' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'blood' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) blood
a red liquid in the body
a blood sample

2.  blood
give blood
to give your blood to help others

3.  blood
family or relatives
to have Scottish blood

4.  blood
blood and guts
violence and killing
movies that are all blood and guts

5.  blood
in your blood
natural to you
Dancing is in her blood.

6.  blood
new/fresh blood
new members of a group with new and interesting ideas


Definition of 'blood' Webster 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


Definition of 'blood' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  blood
The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (BLOOD VESSELS). Whole blood includes PLASMA and BLOOD CELLS.


Translation of 'blood' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart
Blood poured from the wound in his side.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bloed Arabic flag Arabic: دَمٌ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кръв
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sangue Czech flag Czech: krev German flag German: das Blut
Danish flag Danish: blod Greek flag Greek: αίμα Spanish flag Spanish: sangre
Estonian flag Estonian: veri Farsi flag Farsi: خون Finnish flag Finnish: veri
French flag French: sang Hebrew flag Hebrew: דַם Hindi flag Hindi: रक्त, खून, लहू
Croatian flag Croatian: krv Hungarian flag Hungarian: vér Indonesian flag Indonesian: darah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: blóð Italian flag Italian: sangue Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 피, 혈액 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kraujas Latvian flag Latvian: asinis
Malay flag Malay: darah Dutch flag Dutch: bloed Norwegian flag Norwegian: blod
Polish flag Polish: krew Persian flag Persian: خون Pashto flag Pashto: وینه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sangue Romanian flag Romanian: sânge Russian flag Russian: кровь
Slovak flag Slovak: krv Slovenian flag Slovenian: kri Serbian flag Serbian: krv
Swedish flag Swedish: blod Thai flag Thai: เลือด Turkish flag Turkish: kan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 血液 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кров Urdu flag Urdu: خون ، دم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: máu Chinese flag Chinese: 血液

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