blood

blood

noun, often attrib \ˈbləd\

Definition of BLOOD

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 or pedigree