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noun, often attributive \ˈbləd\

Definition of blood

1a (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 comparable fluid of an invertebrateb : a fluid resembling blood
2 : the shedding of blood; also : the taking of life
3a : lifeblood; broadly : lifeb : human stock or lineage; especially : royal lineage a prince of the bloodc : relationship by descent from a common ancestor : kinshipd : persons related through common descent : kindrede (1) : honorable or high birth or descent (2) : descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigree
4a : blood regarded as the seat of the emotions : temperb obsolete : lustc : a showy foppish man : rake
5 : members of a team, staff, or organization : personnel a company in need of new blood
6 : a black American male —used especially among black people

: ingrained in one's nature : occurring as an innate or seemingly hereditary principle, inclination, or talent with two parents who are painters, art is in her blood

Middle English, from Old English blōd; akin to Old High German bluot blood

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First Known Use: before 12th century

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1 : to stain or wet with blood
2 archaic : bleed 1
3 : to expose (a hunting dog) to sight, scent, or taste of the blood of its prey
4 : to give experience to troops blooded in battle

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noun \ˈbləd\

1 : the red fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of persons and animals and that brings nourishment and oxygen to and carries away waste products from all parts of the body
2 : relationship through a common ancestor : kinship She is my aunt by marriage, not by blood.

\ˈbləd-əd\ adjective

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noun , often attributive \ˈbləd\

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