Blood Definition

blŭd

bloods

noun

bloods

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 tissue that carries oxygen, hormones, cell-building material, etc. to, and carbon dioxide and waste matter away from, the other tissues.

Webster's New World

A comparable fluid, usually colorless or bluish, in many invertebrate animals.

Webster's New World

Lifeblood.

Webster's New World

The sap or juice of a plant.

Webster's New World

The spilling of blood; murder.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

bloods

To let (a hunting dog) taste, smell, or see the blood of its prey.

Webster's New World

To subject (troops) to experience under fire.

American Heritage

To initiate (a hunter) by staining the hunter's face with blood of the prey.

Webster's New World

To initiate (a person) in any new experience.

Webster's New World

To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
welter
coagulate

idiom

bad blood

Long-standing animosity.

American Heritage

in cold blood

Deliberately, coldly, and dispassionately.

American Heritage

in (one's) blood

So characteristic as to seem inherited or passed down by family tradition.

American Heritage

bad blood

anger; hatred

Webster's New World

blood is thicker than water

family ties are stronger than others

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Blood

Noun

Singular:

blood

Plural:

bloods

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Blood

Origin of Blood

Middle English blod, Old English blōd, Proto-Germanic *blōþą, of uncertain origin. Cognate with West Frisian bloed, Dutch bloed, German Blut, Danish blod, Swedish blod.

From Wiktionary
Middle English blod from Old English blōd bhel-³ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition