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blood

   [bluhd]
–noun
1.
the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
2.
the vital principle; life: The excitement had got into the very blood of the nation.
3.
a person or group regarded as a source of energy, vitality, or vigor: It's time we got some new blood in this company.
4.
one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness.
5.
bloodshed; gore; slaughter; murder: to avenge the blood of his father.
6.
the juice or sap of plants: the blood of the grape.
7.
temperament; state of mind: a person of hot blood.
8.
physical nature of human beings: the frailty of our blood.
9.
Chiefly British. a high-spirited dandy; an adventuresome youth: the young bloods of Cambridge.
10.
a profligate or rake.
11.
physical and cultural extraction: It was a trait that seemed to be in their blood.
12.
royal extraction: a prince of the blood.
13.
descent from a common ancestor; ancestry; lineage: related by blood.
14.
recorded and respected ancestry; purebred breeding.
15.
Slang. a black person, esp. a man.
–verb (used with object)
16.
Hunting. to give (hounds) a first sight or taste of blood.Compare flesh (def. 14).
17.
to stain with blood.
—Idioms
18.
get/haveone's blood up, to become or be enraged or impassioned: Injustice of any sort always gets my blood up.
19.
have someone's blood on one's head/hands, to be to blame for someone's affliction or death: Though a criminal, he had no blood on his hands.
20.
in cold blood, deliberately; ruthlessly: The dictator, in cold blood, ordered the execution of all his political enemies.
21.
make one's blood boil, to inspire resentment, anger, or indignation: Such carelessness makes my blood boil.
22.
make one's blood run cold, to fill with terror; frighten: The dark, deserted street in that unfamiliar neighborhood made her blood run cold.
23.
sweat blood. sweat (def. 37).
24.
taste blood, to experience a new sensation, usually a violent or destructive one, and acquire an appetite for it: Once the team had tasted blood, there was no preventing them from winning by a wide margin.
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Origin:
bef. 1000; ME blo(o)d, OE blōd; c. OFris, OS blōd, OHG bluot (G Blut), ON blōth, Goth bloth < Gmc *blōdan, an old neuter adj. meaning “spurting” that accompanied the lost IE noun *HesHr (> Hittite eshar) blood; akin to bloom1; for the meaning cf. spurt and sprout

—Related forms
bloodlike, adjective

—Can be confused: bled, bleed, blood.

—Synonyms
13. kinship, stock, family.

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Word Origin & History

blood
O.E. blod, from P.Gmc. *blodam (cf. O.Fris. blod, O.N. bloð, M.Du. bloet, O.H.G. bluot, Ger. Blut, Goth. bloþ), from PIE *bhlo-to-, perhaps meaning "to swell, gush, spurt," or "that which bursts out" (cf. Goth. bloþ "blood," bloma "flower"), in which case it wo7uld be from suffixed form of *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole). There seems to have been an avoidance in Germanic, perhaps from taboo, of other PIE words for "blood," such as *esen- (cf. poetic Gk. ear, O.Latin aser, Skt. asrk, Hittite eshar); also *krew-, which seems to have had a sense of "blood outside the body, gore from a wound" (cf. L. cruour "blood from a wound," Gk. kreas "meat"), which came to mean simply "blood" in the Balto-Slavic group and some other languages. Inheritance and relationship senses (also found in L. sanguis, Gk. haima) emerged in English by mid-13c. As the seat of passions, it is recorded from c.1300. Slang meaning "hot spark, a man of fire" [Johnson] is from 1560s. Blood money is from 1530s.
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blood   (blŭd)   
n.  

    1. The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.

    2. A functionally similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.

    3. The juice or sap of certain plants.

    4. Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.

    5. Family relationship; kinship.

    6. Descent from noble or royal lineage: a princess of the blood.

    7. Recorded descent from purebred stock.

    8. National or racial ancestry.

  2. A vital or animating force; lifeblood.

  3. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness.

  4. Bloodshed; murder.

  5. Temperament or disposition: a person of hot blood and fiery temper.

    1. Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.

    2. Family relationship; kinship.

    3. Descent from noble or royal lineage: a princess of the blood.

    4. Recorded descent from purebred stock.

    5. National or racial ancestry.

  7. A dandy.

tr.v.   blood·ed, blood·ing, bloods

  1. To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood.

    1. To subject (troops) to experience under fire: "The measure of an army is not known until it has been blooded" (Tom Clancy).

    2. To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience.


[Middle English blod, from Old English blōd; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
Blood   (blŭd)   
n.   pl. Blood or Bloods

  1. A tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy inhabiting southern Alberta.

  2. A member of this tribe.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: blood
Pronunciation: 'bl&d
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries,and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body
2 : a fluid of an invertebrate comparable to blood
3 : blood regarded in medieval physiology as one of the four humors and believed to be the seat of the emotions
4 : descent from parents of recognized breed orpedigree
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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blood (blŭd)
n.

  1. The fluid consisting of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the arteries and veins, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.

  2. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in the blood vessels, and believed to cause cheerfulness.

  3. Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.

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Science Dictionary
blood   (blŭd)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The fluid tissue that circulates through the body of a vertebrate animal by the pumping action of the heart. Blood is the transport medium by which oxygen and nutrients are carried to body cells and waste products are picked up for excretion. Blood consists of plasma in which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.

  2. A fluid that is similar in function in many invertebrate animals.


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Cultural Dictionary

blood

The fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries of the circulatory system. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body and removes waste materials and carbon dioxide. It is composed of plasma (mainly water, but with a mixture of hormones, nutrients, gases, antibodies, and wastes), red blood cells (which carry oxygen), white blood cells (which help combat infection), and platelets (which help the blood clot).

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Slang Dictionary
blood

  1. n.
    catsup. : Somebody pass the blood.

  2. Go to blood (brother). :
  3. n.
    a black buddy or fellow gang member. (Streets. Also a term of address.) : My bloods aren't going to like this.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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blood (brother)

  1. n.
    a fellow black male. (See also blood.) : One of the bloods came up to say hello.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Bible Dictionary

Blood

(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:29). It has been held by some, and we think correctly, that this law of prohibition was only ceremonial and temporary; while others regard it as still binding on all. Blood was eaten by the Israelites after the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 14:32-34). (2.) The blood of sacrifices was caught by the priest in a basin, and then sprinkled seven times on the altar; that of the passover on the doorposts and lintels of the houses (Ex. 12; Lev. 4:5-7; 16:14-19). At the giving of the law (Ex. 24:8) the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled on the people as well as on the altar, and thus the people were consecrated to God, or entered into covenant with him, hence the blood of the covenant (Matt. 26:28; Heb. 9:19, 20; 10:29; 13:20). (3.) Human blood. The murderer was to be punished (Gen. 9:5). The blood of the murdered "crieth for vengeance" (Gen. 4:10). The "avenger of blood" was the nearest relative of the murdered, and he was required to avenge his death (Num. 35:24, 27). No satisfaction could be made for the guilt of murder (Num. 35:31). (4.) Blood used metaphorically to denote race (Acts 17:26), and as a symbol of slaughter (Isa. 34:3). To "wash the feet in blood" means to gain a great victory (Ps. 58:10). Wine, from its red colour, is called "the blood of the grape" (Gen. 49:11). Blood and water issued from our Saviour's side when it was pierced by the Roman soldier (John 19:34). This has led pathologists to the conclusion that the proper cause of Christ's death was rupture of the heart. (Comp. Ps. 69:20.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

blood

In addition to the idiom beginning with blood, also see bad blood; draw blood; flesh and blood; in cold blood; in one's blood; make one's blood boil; make one's blood run cold; new blood; out for (blood); run in the blood (family); scream bloody murder; shed blood; sporting blood; sweat blood. Also see under bleed.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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