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blood

UK/blʌd/ US/blʊd/ very common informal slang uk us
noun (6) verb (1)

noun

1.

the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart

  • “blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away”
  • “the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions”
2.
3.

the shedding of blood resulting in murder

  • “he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen”
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4.

temperament or disposition

  • “a person of hot blood”
5.
6.

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

Origin

From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e.

Phrases

  • arterial blood gas
  • bad blood
  • baptism of blood
  • blood accusation
  • blood alley
  • blood and ashes
  • blood and guts
  • blood and ouns
  • blood in
  • blood out

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