blood
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.