blood

Plural: bloods

Noun

• 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"
• temperament or disposition
  • "a person of hot blood"
• a dissolute man in fashionable society
• the descendants of one individual
• people viewed as members of a group
  • "we need more young blood in this organization"
• A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
• A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
• One of the four humours in the human body.
• The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid.
• A blood test or blood sample.
• The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
• The juice of anything, especially if red.
• Temper of mind; disposition; mood
• A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
• A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
• Bloodshed.
• A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
• Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“member of a certain gang”).
• Alternative form of blud (“Informal address to a male.”).

Verb

Verb Forms: blooded, blooding, bloods

• To stain or mark with blood.
• smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
• To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
• To let blood (from); to bleed.
• To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
• To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against.

Examples

• Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.
• He promised to blood his new Scrabble account with a high-scoring word.
• Some insects are known for consuming blood.
• They came looking for blood.

Synonyms

ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue, stemma, stock, Jemmy-Jessamy, background, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, heritage, jack-a-dandy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff

Related Words

bleed, bless, blessing, bloody mary, coagulation, hemato-, sanguinary, sanguine

Anagrams of blood