Blood definition

Lifeblood.

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.

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

The sap or juice of a plant.

Passion, temperament, or disposition.

Bloodshed; murder.

Temperament or disposition.

Parental heritage; family line; lineage.

The definition of blood is the fluid that carries oxygen and other elements to the tissues and carbon dioxide away from the tissues through the heart and vascular system of humans and other animals.

Relationship by descent in the same family line; kinship.

The fluid tissue that circulates through the body of a vertebrate animal by the pumping action of the heart. Blood is the transport medium by which oxygen and nutrients are carried to body cells and waste products are picked up for excretion. Blood consists of plasma in which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.

To initiate (a person) in any new experience.

One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness.

To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood.

Descent from nobility or royalty.

Descent from purebred stock.

A dandy or fop.

People, esp. youthful people.

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

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

A fluid that is similar in function in many invertebrate animals.

The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.

A similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.

The juice or sap of certain plants.

Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.

Family relationship; kinship.

Descent from noble or royal lineage.

Recorded descent from purebred stock.

National or racial ancestry.

To subject (troops) to experience under fire.

To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience.

A member of a tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy inhabiting southern Alberta.

A black person; esp., a black male.

A close male friend.

A member of a subgroup of the Blackfoot Indians.

The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.

A similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.

The juice or sap of certain plants.

Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.

Family relationship; kinship.

Descent from noble or royal lineage.

Recorded descent from purebred stock.

National or racial ancestry.

(medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.

Thackeray.

Alternative capitalization of Blood (member of a certain gang).

A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods.

The spilling of blood; murder.

A dandy.

A vital or animating force; lifeblood.