Bloodnoun
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
Bloodnoun
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
Bloodnoun
(historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
Bloodnoun
A blood test or blood sample.
Bloodnoun
The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
Bloodnoun
(poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
Bloodnoun
(obsolete) Temper of mind; disposition; mood
Bloodnoun
(obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
Bloodnoun
A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
Bloodnoun
(figurative) Bloodshed.
Bloodnoun
member of a certain gang.
Bloodverb
(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
Bloodverb
To let blood (from); to bleed.
Bloodverb
(transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
Bloodnoun
The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
Bloodnoun
Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
Bloodnoun
Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
Bloodnoun
Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
Bloodnoun
The fleshy nature of man.
Bloodnoun
The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
Bloodnoun
A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
Bloodnoun
Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; - as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
Bloodnoun
A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
Bloodnoun
The juice of anything, especially if red.
Bloodverb
To bleed.
Bloodverb
To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
Bloodverb
To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
Bloodverb
To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
Bloodnoun
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart;
Bloodnoun
the descendants of one individual;
Bloodnoun
the shedding of blood resulting in murder;
Bloodnoun
temperament or disposition;
Bloodnoun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Bloodnoun
people viewed as members of a group;
Bloodverb
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Blood
Blood is a body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.In vertebrates, it is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume), and contains proteins, glucose, mineral ions, hormones, carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation), and blood cells themselves.
Hemolymphnoun
(zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood
Hemolymph
Hemolymph, or haemolymph, is a fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrates, that circulates in the interior of the arthropod (invertebrate) body, remaining in direct contact with the animal's tissues. It is composed of a fluid plasma in which hemolymph cells called hemocytes are suspended.