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blood (blud)

noun

  1. the usually red fluid, consisting of plasma, red and white blood cells, etc., that circulates through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates: blood is a body tissue that carries oxygen, hormones, cell-building material, etc. to, and carbon dioxide and waste matter away from, the other body tissues
  2. a comparable fluid, usually colorless or bluish, in many invertebrate animals
  3. the spilling of blood; murder
  4. lifeblood
  5. the sap or juice of a plant
  6. passion, temperament, or disposition
  7. parental heritage; family line; lineage
  8. relationship by descent in the same family line; kinship
  9. descent from nobility or royalty
  10. descent from purebred stock
  11. a dandy or fop
  12. people, esp. youthful people new blood in an organization
  13. Slang
    1. a black person, esp. a male
    2. a close male friend: used, often in direct address, esp. among black people

Etymology: ME blod, blode < OE blod: see bleed

transitive verb

  1. to let (a hunting dog) taste, smell, or see the blood of its prey
  2. to initiate (a hunter) by staining the hunter's face with blood of the prey
  3. to initiate (a person) in any new experience
blood Idioms

bad blood

anger; hatred

blood is thicker than water

family ties are stronger than others

have someone's blood on one's head

to be responsible for someone's death or misfortune

in cold blood

  1. with cruelty; unfeelingly
  2. dispassionately; deliberately

make one's blood boil

to make one angry or resentful

make one's blood run cold

to frighten or terrify one
Blood definition

Blood (blud)

noun pl. Blood

a member of a subgroup of the Blackfoot Indians

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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