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.
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the vital principle; life: The excitement had got into the very blood of the nation.
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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.
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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.
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physical and cultural extraction: It was a trait that seemed to be in their blood.
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royal extraction: a prince of the blood.
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descent from a common ancestor; ancestry; lineage: related by blood.
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recorded and respected ancestry; purebred breeding.
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Slang. a black person, esp. a man.
–verb (used with object)
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Hunting. to give (hounds) a first sight or taste of blood. Compare flesh(def. 14).
17.
to stain with blood.
—Idioms
18.
get or have one'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 or hands, to be to blame for someone's affliction or death: Though a criminal, he had no blood on his hands.
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in cold blood, deliberately; ruthlessly: The dictator, in cold blood, ordered the execution of all his political enemies.
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make one's blood boil, to inspire resentment, anger, or indignation: Such carelessness makes my blood boil.
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make one's blood run cold, to fill with terror; frighten: The dark, deserted street in that unfamiliar neighborhood made her blood run cold.
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.
[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. spurtand sprout]
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.
A functionally similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.
The juice or sap of certain plants.
Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.
Family relationship; kinship.
Descent from noble or royal lineage: a princess of the blood.
Recorded descent from purebred stock.
National or racial ancestry.
A vital or animating force; lifeblood.
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness.
Bloodshed; murder.
Temperament or disposition: a person of hot blood and fiery temper.
Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.
Family relationship; kinship.
Descent from noble or royal lineage: a princess of the blood.
Recorded descent from purebred stock.
National or racial ancestry.
A dandy.
tr.v.
blood·ed, blood·ing, bloods
To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood.
To subject (troops) to experience under fire: "The measure of an army is not known until it has been blooded"(Tom Clancy).
To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience.
[Middle English blod, from Old English blōd; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
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"), from suffixed form of *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole). There seems to have been an avoidance in Gmc., 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 Balto-Slavic and some other languages. Inheritance and relationship senses emerged by c.1250. As the seat of passions, it is recorded from c.1300. Slang meaning "hot spark, a man of fire" [Johnson] is from 1562. Bloodthirsty is from 1535; bloodshed is from 1500; bloodshot is from 1607. Bloodsucker is from 1387; in the figurative sense it is attested from 1668. Blood-money is from 1535; bloodlust is from 1848.
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
2.
temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood"
3.
a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake]
4.
the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
5.
people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization"
verb
1.
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
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.
A fluid that is similar in function in many invertebrate animals.
Bleed\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl["o]da, Dan. bl["o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See Blood.]1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose. 2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers. 3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "C[ae]sar must bleed." --Shak. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope. 4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. For me the balm shall bleed. --Pope. 5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded. 6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.] To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.
Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. & vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian, bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. --Gen. ii. 3. 2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to. The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak. It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. --1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V. ) 3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii. 14. 4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix. 16. 5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self). [Archaic] --Holinshed. 6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.] 7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1. 8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer. iv. 3. 9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.] And burning blades about their heads do bless. --Spenser. Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. --Fairfax. Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson, Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a compass as though they would turn about and bless all the field." --Ascham. Bless me!Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton. To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless me from marrying a usurer." --Shak. To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton. To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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