blood

[[t]blʌd[/t]]

n.

1) anat. the red fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates, consisting of plasma in which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended

2) zool. a comparable circulating fluid in many invertebrates

3) the vital principle; life

4) a person or group regarded as a source of vitality:

The company needs new blood[/ex]

5) phl one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness

6) bloodshed; slaughter

7) the juice or sap of plants

8) temperament:

a person of hot blood[/ex]

9) human nature; humanity:

the frailty of our blood[/ex]

10) descent from a common ancestor; ancestry:

related by blood[/ex]

11) the people of one's lineage; kindred

12) royal extraction:

a prince of the blood[/ex]

13) purebred breeding

14) a profligate or rake

15) brit. Chiefly Brit. a high-spirited, adventuresome youth

16) cvb Slang. a black person, esp. a man

17) spo to give (hounds) a first sight or taste of blood

18) to stain with blood

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME blo(o) d, OE blōd; c. OFris, OS blōd, OHG bluot, ON blōth, Go bloth blood′like`, adj.