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blood

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What does blood mean?

noun

  1. A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
  2. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
  3. A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives.
More meanings (19)

noun

  1. The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
  2. (informal) A blood test or blood sample.
  3. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
  4. The juice of anything, especially if red.
  5. A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
  6. A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
  7. (figuratively) Bloodshed.
  8. A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).
  10. (slang) Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”).
  11. (slang) Lean, especially that is red.
  12. A member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods, who typically wear red and have an intense and bitter rivalry with the Crips.
  13. (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
  14. (obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.

verb

  1. To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
  2. To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
  3. (historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
  4. (obsolete) To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
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The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
His collected and calm manner could not prevent her blood from running cold, as he thus tried to anatomise his old condition.
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98
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My wife comes foremost, then the honoured mold Wherein this trunk was framed, and in her hand The grandchild to her blood.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
It had never occurred to the straightforward and simple-minded Vicar that one of his own flesh and blood could come to this!
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
Hollow murmurs seemed to creep along the gallery, and more than once her blood was chilled by the sound of distant moans.
Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyProject Gutenberg ebook #121