blood

noun

ˈbləd How to pronounce blood (audio)
Definition of bloodnext
1
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor in his mind, blood came before anything else, and he would not betray his criminal brother to the police

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2
as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended the language expert was certain that a young woman with such an upper-class accent had to be of royal blood

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3
as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions in your blood you know this business deal just isn't right

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as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life blood will always have blood, and so the killing never ends

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Recent Examples of blood Islamic tradition, similar to Kosher rules, requires meat to be prepared in a certain way, with a swift cut to the throat to enable an animal’s quick, relatively painless death and allowing the blood to drain. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Your muscles can then pump in more blood, which has oxygen and glucose, back up to your brain. — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 30 July 2026 His post-practice shower was doing very little to slow down the blood still vaulting through his veins. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The defense implied that the cold weather and snow could have affected her injuries and blood flow. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood
  1. family
  2. ancestry
  3. soul
  4. murder
  5. house
  6. lineage
  7. heart
  8. homicide
Noun
  • People ‘in the middle’ While many are flocking to take advantage of an $8 burger, Alicia Roten’s family is simply trying not to eat out at all.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Officials are relying on reports from the families of victims and survivors in an attempt to determine the number of those missing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of family
Noun
  • But in reality, as scientists started poking large enough collections of data, there were regular hints of some strange ancestry in our genomes.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • The August 12 eclipse in Leo kicks off a new story around home, family, legacy, and ancestry.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of ancestry
Noun
  • But the Maynes’ empire is built on trafficking human souls, forcing Mourning to decide to which side his allegiances belong.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
  • These characters have New York in their souls, making midtown Manhattan the perfect setting to cap off a movie about people from different walks of life bickering and fighting before learning how to work and live with each other.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of soul
Noun
  • Their son Nick, 32, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing the filmmaker and his wife to death.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Police had not seen him again until he and Gilson were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the head in what law enforcement officials believe was a murder-suicide.
    — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of murder
Noun
  • Allen said the house needed to be gutted, the inside was deteriorating and termites were eating at the doors.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • New Delhi — For decades, India was relegated to fashion’s backyard, with its embroidery and garment export houses manufacturing everything from ready-to-wear to couture for the world’s biggest luxury brands.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • Listing agent Kristina Agustin of Vista Sotheby’s International Realty said the land carries a deeper local lineage than most lifestyle properties that change hands in California wine regions.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Gone are the days of fragmented, point product solutions for capabilities like data lineage, business glossaries, data quality, MDM and yes, catalogs.
    — Susan Laine, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of lineage
Noun
  • If your body has been asking you in a few ways to slow down (like feeling a cough coming on, or a tiredness that won’t shake off), stop fighting against what your body or heart is trying to tell you.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Hürrem takes inspiration from the 16th‑century romance between Ottoman ruler Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and his chief consort Roxelana, who became Hürrem Sultan upon winning his heart.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of heart
Noun
  • The series follows trainee Detective Eva Bennett, played by Dynevor, who returns to Manchester and joins a new homicide investigation run by her fearsome estranged mother – the legendary Detective Chief Inspector Lois Mercer, played by Morton.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
  • After deliberating for just over an hour, the all-male, white, Protestant jury unanimously decided that 32-year-old spinster Borden didn’t commit a brazen daytime double homicide.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
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“Blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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