blood in English dictionary

  • blood

    Meanings and definitions of "blood"

    • 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, by blood.)
    • (medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
    • The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
    • To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
    • (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
    • To initiate into warfare or a blood sport.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption ( see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
    • noun
      (medicine, countable)
      A blood test or blood sample.
    • noun
      The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The juice of anything, especially if red.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A lively, showy man; a rake.
    • noun
      Alternative letter-case form of [i]Blood[/i] (member of a certain gang).
    • verb
      To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
    • verb
      (medicine, historical)
      To let blood (from); to bleed.
    • verb
      To initiate into warfare or a blood sport.
    • The descendants of one individual.
    • A fluid connective tissue consisting of the plasma and cells that circulate in the blood vessels.
    • family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings
    • blood test or blood sample
    • to cause to be covered with blood
    • vital liquid flowing in animal bodies
    • noun
      a dissolute man in fashionable society
    • noun
      people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization"
    • noun
      temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood"
    • noun
      the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
    • 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"
    • verb
      smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

    Synonyms of "blood" in English dictionary

    debauchee, pedigree, stemma are the top synonyms of "blood" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of blood

    • nieodm.  nieodmienny
    • blood ( countable and uncountable;  plural  bloods)
    • blood ( third-person singular simple present bloods, present participle blooding, simple past and past participle blooded)
    • blood (countable and uncountable, plural bloods)
    • blood (third-person singular simple present bloods, present participle blooding, simple past and past participle blooded)
  • Blood

    Meanings and definitions of "blood"

    • A member of the LA gang The Bloods.
    • noun
      A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods.
    • A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

    Grammar and declension of blood

    • Blood ( plural  Bloods)
    • Blood (plural Bloods)

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