blood (bl d)n.1. a. 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. b. A functionally similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates. c. The juice or sap of certain plants. 2. A vital or animating force; lifeblood. 3. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness. 4. Bloodshed; murder. 5. Temperament or disposition: a person of hot blood and fiery temper. 6. a. Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage. b. Family relationship; kinship. c. Descent from noble or royal lineage: a princess of the blood. d. Recorded descent from purebred stock. e. National or racial ancestry. 7. a. A dandy. b. Slang A youth who is a member of a city gang. tr.v. blood·ed, blood·ing, bloods 1. To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood. 2. a. To subject (troops) to experience under fire: "The measure of an army is not known until it has been blooded" Tom Clancy. b. To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience. Idioms: bad blood Long-standing animosity. in cold blood Deliberately, coldly, and dispassionately. in (one's) blood So characteristic as to seem inherited or passed down by family tradition.
[Middle English blod, from Old English bl d; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.] |
blood Noun 1. a reddish fluid in vertebrates that is pumped by the heart through the arteries and veins Related adjective haemal 2. bloodshed, esp. when resulting in murder: they were responsible for the spilling of blood throughout the country 3. lifeblood 4. relationship through being of the same family, race, or kind; kinship 5. the blood royal or noble descent: a prince of the blood 6. flesh and blood a. near kindred or kinship, esp. that between a parent and child b. human nature: it's more than flesh and blood can stand 7. in one's blood as a natural or inherited characteristic or talent 8. newcomers viewed as an invigorating force: new blood 9. in cold blood showing no passion; ruthlessly 10. make one's blood boil to cause to be angry or indignant 11. make one's blood run cold to fill with horror Verb 1. Hunting to cause (young hounds) to taste the blood of a freshly killed quarry 2. to initiate (a person) to war or hunting [Old English blōd]
blood (bld)1. 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. 2. A fluid that is similar in function in many invertebrate animals. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  blood - 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"craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium arterial blood - blood found in arteries; "except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen" blood group, blood type - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens gore - coagulated blood from a wound lifeblood - the blood considered as the seat of vitality blood clot, grume - a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells cord blood - blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth venous blood - blood found in the veins; "except in the pulmonary vein venous blood is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen" whole blood - blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant; "whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions" blood serum, serum - an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | | 2. | blood - temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" | | 3. | blood - a dissolute man in fashionable society | | 4. | blood - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"ancestry, blood line, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, origin, descent, stock, line side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" | | 5. | blood - people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | | Verb | 1. | blood - smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the killdaub, smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" |
blood noun 2. family, relations, birth, descent, extraction, ancestry, lineage, kinship, kindred bad blood hostility, anger, offence, resentment, bitterness, animosity, antagonism, enmity, bad feeling, rancour, hard feelings, ill will, animus, dudgeon ( archaic) disgruntlement, chip on your shoulder  Translations blood [blʌd] n → sangre f;
 blood [blʌd] n → sang m
 blood [blʌd] n → Blut nt; new blood ( fig) → frisches Blut nt
 blood [blʌd] n → sangue m;
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