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[1] the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
[2] the vital principle; life: The excitement had got into the very blood of the nation.
[3] a person or group regarded as a source of energy, vitality, or vigor: It's time we got some new blood in this company.
[4] one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness.
[5] bloodshed; gore; slaughter; murder: to avenge the blood of his father.
[6] the juice or sap of plants: the blood of the grape.
[7] temperament; state of mind: a person of hot blood.
[8] physical nature of human beings: the frailty of our blood.
[9] Chiefly British . a high-spirited dandy; an adventuresome youth: the young bloods of Cambridge.
[10] a profligate or rake.
[11] physical and cultural extraction: It was a trait that seemed to be in their blood.
[12] royal extraction: a prince of the blood.
[13] descent from a common ancestor; ancestry; lineage: related by blood.
[14] recorded and respected ancestry; purebred breeding.
[15] Slang . a black person, especially a man.
[16] Hunting . to give (hounds) a first sight or taste of blood. Compare flesh(def 14) .
[17] to stain with blood.
[18] get /have one's blood up , to become or be enraged or impassioned: Injustice of any sort always gets my blood up.
[19] have someone's blood on one's head /hands , to be to blame for someone's affliction or death: Though a criminal, he had no blood on his hands.
[20] in cold blood , deliberately; ruthlessly: The dictator, in cold blood, ordered the execution of all his political enemies.
[21] make one's blood boil , to inspire resentment, anger, or indignation: Such carelessness makes my blood boil.
[22] make one's blood run cold , to fill with terror; frighten: The dark, deserted street in that unfamiliar neighborhood made her blood run cold.
[23] sweat blood . sweat(def 37) .
[24] taste blood , to experience a new sensation, usually a violent or destructive one, and acquire an appetite for it: Once the team had tasted blood, there was no preventing them from winning by a wide margin.
[25] a reddish fluid in vertebrates that is pumped by the heart through the arteries and veins, supplies tissues with nutrients, oxygen, etc, and removes waste products. It consists of a fluid (see blood plasma ) containing cells (erythrocytes, leucocytes, and platelets) Related adjectives: haemal, haematic, sanguineous
[26] a similar fluid in such invertebrates as annelids and arthropods
[27] bloodshed, esp when resulting in murder
[28] the guilt or responsibility for killing or injuring (esp in the phrase to have blood on one's hands or head )
[29] life itself; lifeblood
[30] relationship through being of the same family, race, or kind; kinship
[31] blood, sweat and tears informal hard work and concentrated effort
[32] flesh and blood near kindred or kinship, esp that between a parent and child human nature (esp in the phrase it's more than flesh and blood can stand )
[33] ethnic or national descent of Spanish blood
[34] in one's blood as a natural or inherited characteristic or talent
[35] the blood royal or noble descent a prince of the blood
[36] temperament; disposition; temper
[37] good or pure breeding; pedigree (as modifier ) blood horses
[38] people viewed as members of a group, esp as an invigorating force (in the phrases new blood, young blood )
[39] mainly British rare a dashing young man; dandy; rake
[40] the sensual or carnal nature of man
[41] obsolete one of the four bodily humours See humour (def. 8)
[42] bad blood hatred; ill feeling
[43] blood is thicker than water family duties and loyalty outweigh other ties
[44] have one's blood up or get one's blood up to be or cause to be angry or inflamed
[45] in cold blood showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly
[46] make one's blood boil to cause to be angry or indignant
[47] make one's blood run cold to fill with horror
[48] hunting to cause (young hounds) to taste the blood of a freshly killed quarry and so become keen to hunt
[49] hunting to smear the cheeks or forehead of (a person) with the blood of the kill as an initiation in hunting
[50] to initiate (a person) to an activity or organization, esp by real-life experience
[51] Thomas , known as Colonel Blood . ?1618–80, Irish adventurer, who tried to steal the crown jewels (1671)

Words related to Blood

juice, clot, gore, hemoglobin, plasma, claret, lineage, origin, descent, family, consanguinity, kindred, extraction, birth, kinship, line, stock, pedigree, descendants, relations

Words nearby Blood

blonde moment, blondel, blondie, blondin, blonding, blood, blood agar, blood albumin, blood alcohol concentration, blood and thunder, blood bank

Origin of Blood

before 1000; Middle English blo(o)d, Old English blōd; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon blōd, Old High German bluot (German Blut ), Old Norse blōth, Gothic bloth < Germanic *blōdan , an old neuter adj. meaning “spurting” that accompanied the lost IE noun *HesHr (> Hittite eshar ) blood; akin to bloom1; for the meaning cf. spurt and sprout

Words that may be confused with Blood

bled, bleed, blood

Other words from Blood

blood·like , adjective

Word origin for Blood

Old English blōd ; related to Old Norse blōth , Old High German bluot

Synonyms for Blood

juice, claret, clot, gore, hemoglobin, plasma, cruor, sanguine fluid, vital fluid