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Definition of Blood
1. Verb. Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill.
2. Noun. The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets. "The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
Generic synonyms: Bodily Fluid, Body Fluid, Humor, Humour, Liquid Body Substance
Specialized synonyms: Arterial Blood, Blood Group, Blood Type, Gore, Lifeblood, Blood Stream, Bloodstream, Blood Clot, Grume, Cord Blood, Menorrhea, Menstrual Blood, Menstrual Flow, Venous Blood, Whole Blood
Terms within: Blood Serum, Serum
Terms within: Blood Cell, Blood Corpuscle, Corpuscle
Derivative terms: Bloody
3. Noun. Temperament or disposition. "A person of hot blood"
4. Noun. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
Generic synonyms: Debauchee, Libertine, Rounder
Derivative terms: Profligate
5. Noun. The descendants of one individual. "His entire lineage has been warriors"
Specialized synonyms: Family, Family Line, Folk, Kinfolk, Kinsfolk, Phratry, Sept, Side
Generic synonyms: Family Tree, Genealogy
Derivative terms: Descend, Lineal, Parent
6. Noun. People viewed as members of a group. "We need more young blood in this organization"
Definition of Blood
1. n. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
2. v. t. To bleed.
Definition of Blood
1. Noun. A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods. ¹
2. 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. ¹
3. 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.) ¹
4. Noun. (context: medicine countable) A blood test or blood sample. ¹
5. Noun. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants. ¹
6. Verb. To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody. ¹
7. Verb. (medicine historical) To let blood (from); to bleed. ¹
8. Verb. To initiate into warfare or a blood sport. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blood
1. to stain with blood (the fluid circulated by the heart) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Blood
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