blood

noun

1. 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.

   Some insects are known for consuming blood.

   Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.

   It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.

   The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

2. 2

   A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.

   a friend of our own blood

   to share the blood of Saxon royalty

   TASHA: The captain wants those two taken into custody. // KORRIS: Do not let them take us, Worf. Help us. // KONMEL: Listen to the voice of your blood. You are not "of" these people.

3. 3

   A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives.

   She may not be my blood, but we grew up together, and as far as I'm concerned she's my sister.

   An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin, / An' make fun of ever' one, an' all her blood an' kin; / An' onc't when they was "company," an' ole folks was there, / She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care!

4. 4

   historicalOne of the four humours in the human body.

5. 5

   The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.

6. 6

   informalA blood test or blood sample.

   When I got Bilbo to their surgery the vet took Bilbo in for tests. […] His bloods showed nothing wrong at all.

7. 7

   The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.

   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."

   Disbudding is merely a species of pruning, and should be done as soon as the lateral buds begin to develop on the cane. It diverts the flow of the plant's blood from many buds into one or a few, thus increasing the size of the flower, [...]

   Look at a leaf. On it are many little raised lines which reach out to all parts of the leaf and back to the stem and twig. These are "veins," full of the tree's blood. It is white and looks very much like water; [...]

8. 8

   The juice of anything, especially if red.

   He washed[…]his clothes in the blood of grapes.

9. 9

   A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.

   When thou perceive his blood inclined to mirth

   Hath Cassius liu'd / To be but Mirth and Laughter to his Brutus, / When greefe and blood ill temper'd, vexeth him?

   There was some little undefinable coolness between old General Chattesworth and Devereux. He admired the young fellow, and he liked good blood in his corps, but somehow he was glad when he thought he was likely to go. When old Bligh, of the Magazine, commended the handsome young dog's good looks, the general would grow grave all at once […]

10. 10

    obsoleteA lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.

    Seest thou not[…]how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?

    […] it was the morning costume of a dandy or blood of those days […]

11. 11

    A blood horse, one of good pedigree.

12. 12

    figurativeBloodshed.

    They came looking for blood.

    Our Father’s Death Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War, And cloſe the Scene of Blood.

    He watched out for the men in his unit, for the one woman who had saved them so many years ago when they were still raw teens out for blood and revenge on the world, and he watched out for anyone else they stumbled across in their lives that needed protection.

    The standard assessment suggests that as the munera became purely a spectacle, they became more murderous because the public wanted to see blood. That the people of Rome were able to indulge this degenerate desire was merely due to the degraded status of the professional gladiator.

13. 13

    A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.

14. 14

    slangLean, especially that is red.

15. 15

    Variant of BloodAlternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).

16. 16

    Variant of bludslangAlternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”).

    Blood I swear she just gave man extra chicken? Two fat pieces of chicken.

verb

1. 1

   To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

   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. 2

   historicalTo let blood (from); to bleed.

   On Sᵗ Stephens day the Farrier came constantly and blouded all the Cart-horses.

   Mr Western, who imputed these symptoms in his daughter to her fall, advised her to be presently blooded by way of prevention.

   She had been blooded, he said, 12 times in this last fortnight, and had lost 75 ounces of blood, besides undergoing blistering,and other discipline.

3. 3

   To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.

   Roberts-Smith and his commander had made it clear the "rookie" needed to kill someone to truly become part of the squadron. They called it a "blooding". The assault patrols cleared the compound known as Whiskey 108 and declared it secure. An opportunity for a blooding emerged when a hidden tunnel was discovered in a courtyard. Inside, two Afghan men were found hiding.

4. 4

   obsoleteTo make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against.

Forms

plural

bloods

past tense

blooded

past participle

blooded

present participle

blooding

third person singular

bloods