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Blood

//blʌd// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
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. countable, uncountable
"Some insects are known for consuming blood."
2
A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods, who typically wear red and have an intense and bitter rivalry with the Crips.
"My union with the neighborhood kids teaches me Bloods don't say or write words starting with c's. This is how Bloods disrespect Crips. They replace all c's with k's or b's and cross out all remaining c's in the word."
3
temperament or disposition wordnet
4
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation. countable, uncountable
"a friend of our own blood"
5
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets wordnet

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6
One of the four humours in the human body. countable, historical, uncountable
7
people viewed as members of a group wordnet
8
The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid. countable, uncountable
9
the hereditary derivation of an individual wordnet
10
A blood test or blood sample. countable, informal
"When I got Bilbo to their surgery the vet took Bilbo in for tests. […] His bloods showed nothing wrong at all."
11
a dissolute man in fashionable society wordnet
12
The sap or juice which flows in or from plants. countable, uncountable
"It is no tautology to call the blood of the grape red or purple, because the juice of that fruit was sometimes white and sometimes black or dark. The arterial blood of our bodies is red, but the venous is called "black blood.""
13
The juice of anything, especially if red. countable, poetic, uncountable
"He washed[…]his clothes in the blood of grapes."
14
A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood. countable, uncountable
"When thou perceive his blood inclined to mirth"
15
A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Seest thou not[…]how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?"
16
A blood horse, one of good pedigree. countable, uncountable
17
Bloodshed. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"They came looking for blood."
18
A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male. countable, uncountable
19
Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”). alt-of, countable, uncountable
20
Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”). Multicultural-London-English, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable
"Blood I swear she just gave man extra chicken? Two fat pieces of chicken."
21
Lean, especially that is red. US, countable, slang, uncountable

Verb

1
To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody. transitive
"The French gentleman and Mr Adderly, at the desire of their commanding officer, had raised up the body of Jones, but as they could perceive but little (if any) sign of life in him, they again let him fall, Adderly damning him for having blooded his wastecoat […]"
2
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill wordnet
3
To let blood (from); to bleed. historical
"On Sᵗ Stephens day the Farrier came constantly and blouded all the Cart-horses."
4
To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed. transitive
5
To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Scots blude, bluid (“blood”), North Frisian blud, blödj, Blör (“blood”), Saterland Frisian Bloud (“blood”), West Frisian bloed (“blood”), Cimbrian pluat, pluut (“blood”), Dutch bloed (“blood”), German Blut (“blood”), German Low German Blood, Bloot (“blood”), Luxembourgish Blutt (“blood”), Vilamovian błüt (“blood”), Yiddish בלוט (blut, “blood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish blod (“blood”), Faroese and Icelandic blóð (“blood”), Crimean Gothic plut (“blood”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ, “blood”).

Etymology 2

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