blood

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets

- blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products

- the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions

Definition categories: body, humor, humour

2. temperament or disposition

- a person of hot blood

Definition categories: attribute, disposition, temperament

3. a dissolute man in fashionable society

Similar word(s): profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue

Definition categories: person, debauchee, libertine, rounder

4. the descendants of one individual

Similar word(s): ancestry, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

Definition categories: group, genealogy

5. people viewed as members of a group

- we need more young blood in this organization

Definition categories: group, people

Sentences with blood as a noun:

- The blood flows into the menstrual cup.

verb

1. smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

Definition categories: contact, daub, smear