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   blood

   /blʌd/

   noun

   • 1. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body: "drops of blood" Similar gorelifebloodvital fluidliterary:ichor
   • ▪ an internal bodily fluid in invertebates which performs a similar function to blood in humans and other vertebrates.
   • ▪ blood samples or tests: "his bloods were normal"
   • 2. violence involving bloodshed: "a commando operation full of blood and danger"
   • 3. fiery or passionate temperament: "a ritual that fires up his blood"
   • 4. family background; descent or lineage: "she must have Irish blood in her" Similar ancestrylineagelinebloodlinedescentparentagefamilyhousedynastybirthextractionderivationorigingenealogyheritagebreedingstockstrainracepedigreerootskinshipconsanguinitykinkindredrelationmember of one's familynext of kinblood relationshiprelationshipkinshipformal:kinsmankinswoman
   • ▪ a person of specified descent.
   • ▪ a fellow black person: informal US "any blood who opted out was ostracized"
   • 5. a fashionable and dashing young man: dated "a group of young bloods"

   verb

   • 1. initiate (someone) in a particular activity: "clubs are too slow to blood young players"
   • 2. smear the face of (a novice) with the blood of the kill.
   • ▪ give (a hound) a first taste of blood.

   Word Origin Old Englishblōd, of Germanic origin; related to German Blut and Dutch bloed.

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