blood > define

noun

• The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets.
  • usage: "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
• Temperament or disposition.
  • usage: "a person of hot blood"
• A dissolute man in fashionable society.
  • synonyms: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, roue
• The descendants of one individual.
  • usage: "his entire lineage has been warriors"
  • synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
• People viewed as members of a group.
  • usage: "we need more young blood in this organization"

verb

• Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill. .

• (n.) The fleshy nature of man.
• (v.t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
• (v.t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
• (n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
• (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
• (n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
• (n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
• (n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
• (n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
• (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.
• (v.t.) To bleed.
• (v.t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
• (n.) The juice of anything, especially if red.
• (n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.