blood
1. [ noun ] (biology) the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart
Examples:

"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away" "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

Related terms: liquid_body_substance humor bloodstream whole_blood lifeblood gore menorrhea venous_blood arterial_blood blood_clot blood_serum blood_cell blood_serum serum blood_serum vertebrate
2. [ noun ] (law,criminal law) the shedding of blood resulting in murder
Synonyms: bloodshed gore
Examples:

"he avenged the blood of his kinsmen"

Related terms: murder gore
3. [ noun ] temperament or disposition
Examples:

"a person of hot blood"

Related terms: disposition
4. [ noun ] the descendants of one individual
Synonyms: stock ancestry line pedigree lineage origin bloodline descent parentage stemma blood_line line_of_descent
Examples:

"his entire lineage has been warriors"

Related terms: genealogy breed family side rear
5. [ noun ] a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms: profligate rip roue rake
Related terms: libertine
6. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5317
7. [ verb ] smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Related terms: daub
8. [ noun ] people viewed as members of a group
Examples:

"we need more young blood in this organization"

Related terms: people
Similar spelling:   bloody
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  blot
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  blida
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