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blood

  [bluhd]
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–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 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.
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.
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 bloom 1 ; for the meaning cf. spurt and sprout

Related forms:
bloodlike, adjective

Synonyms:
13. kinship, stock, family.
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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.]
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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 (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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in cold blood

  1. mod.
    without feeling; with cruel intent. : Rocko kills in cold blood and never gives it a thought.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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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"), 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.
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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
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Medical Dictionary

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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Idioms & Phrases

in cold blood

In a purposely ruthless and unfeeling manner, as in The whole family was murdered in cold blood. This expression alludes to the notion that blood is the seat of emotion and is hot in passion and cold in calm. The term therefore means not "in the heat of passion," but "in a calculated, deliberate manner." [Late 1500s]

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