First Known Use: before 12th century
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1blood
noun, often attributive \ˈbləd\
: the red liquid that flows through the bodies of people and animals
: members of a team, company, or organization
Full Definition of BLOOD
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a (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 invertebrate b : a fluid resembling blood
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: the shedding of blood; also : the taking of life
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a : lifeblood; broadly : life b : human stock or lineage; especially : royal lineage <a prince of the blood> c : relationship by descent from a common ancestor : kinship d : persons related through common descent : kindred e (1) : honorable or high birth or descent (2) : descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigree
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: members of a team, staff, or organization : personnel <a company in need of new blood>
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: a black American male —used especially among black people
— in one's blood
: 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>
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Origin of BLOOD
Middle English, from Old English blōd; akin to Old High German bluot blood
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2blood
verb
Definition of BLOOD
transitive verb
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: to stain or wet with blood
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archaic : bleed 1
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: to expose (a hunting dog) to sight, scent, or taste of the blood of its prey
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: to give experience to <troops blooded in battle>
First Known Use of BLOOD
1590
BLOOD Defined for Kids
blood
noun \ˈbləd\
Definition of BLOOD for Kids
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: 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
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: relationship through a common ancestor : kinship <She is my aunt by marriage, not by blood.>
— blood·ed \ˈbləd-əd\ adjective
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blood
noun , often attrib \ˈbləd\
Medical Definition of BLOOD
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: 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
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: a fluid of an invertebrate comparable to blood
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: blood regarded in medieval physiology as one of the four humors and believed to be the seat of the emotions
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: descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigree
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