Blood (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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. the shedding of blood; slaughter; murder: to avenge the blood of his father.
  6. the juice or sap of plants: the blood of the grape.
  7. temperament; disposition: a person of hot blood.
  8. physical nature of human beings: the frailty of our blood.
  9. 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.
verb (used with object)
  1. to give (hounds) a first sight or taste of blood.
  2. to stain with blood.
Idioms
  1. to become or be enraged or impassioned: Injustice of any sort always gets my blood up.
  2. to be to blame for someone's affliction or death: Though a criminal, he had no blood on his hands.
  3. without pity or mercy; ruthlessly: The dictator, in cold blood, ordered the execution of all his political enemies.
  4. to inspire resentment, anger, or indignation: Such carelessness makes my blood boil.
  5. to fill with terror; frighten: The dark, deserted street in that unfamiliar neighborhood made her blood run cold.
  6. sweat (def. 38).
  7. 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.
noun
  1. a reddish fluid in vertebrates that is pumped by the heart through the arteries and veins, supplies tissues with nutrients, oxygen, etc, and removes waste products. It consists of a fluid (see blood plasma) containing cells (erythrocytes, leucocytes, and platelets)
  2. a similar fluid in such invertebrates as annelids and arthropods
  3. bloodshed, esp when resulting in murder
  4. the guilt or responsibility for killing or injuring (esp in the phrase to have blood on one's hands or head)
  5. life itself; lifeblood
  6. relationship through being of the same family, race, or kind; kinship
  7. hard work and concentrated effort
  8. flesh and blood
    • near kindred or kinship, esp that between a parent and child
    • human nature (esp in the phrase it's more than flesh and blood can stand)
  9. ethnic or national descent
  10. as a natural or inherited characteristic or talent
  11. royal or noble descent
  12. temperament; disposition; temper
    • good or pure breeding; pedigree
    • (as modifier)
  14. people viewed as members of a group, esp as an invigorating force (in the phrases new blood, young blood)
  15. a dashing young man; dandy; rake
  16. the sensual or carnal nature of man
  17. one of the four bodily humours
  18. hatred; ill feeling
  19. family duties and loyalty outweigh other ties
  20. to be or cause to be angry or inflamed
  21. showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly
  22. to cause to be angry or indignant
  23. to fill with horror
verb (tr)
  1. to cause (young hounds) to taste the blood of a freshly killed quarry and so become keen to hunt
  2. to smear the cheeks or forehead of (a person) with the blood of the kill as an initiation in hunting
  3. to initiate (a person) to an activity or organization, esp by real-life experience
noun
  1. Thomas, known as Colonel Blood . ?1618–80, Irish adventurer, who tried to steal the crown jewels (1671)
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