blood

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Synonyms: brood, bloom, flood, blond, lood, bloop, bloud, blod, blook, bloor, -blood

Antonyms: brood, bloom, flood, blond, lood, bloop, bloud, blod, blook, bloor, -blood

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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q7873}} A [[vital]] [[liquid]] flowing in the [[bodies]] of many types of [[animals]] that usually conveys [[nutrient]]s and [[oxygen]]. In vertebrates, it is colored [[red]] by [[hemoglobin]], is conveyed by [[artery|arteries]] and [[vein]]s, is [[pumped]] by the [[heart]] and is usually generated in [[bone]] [[marrow]].
A [[family]] [[relationship]] due to [[birth]], such as that between [[sibling]]s; contrasted with relationships due to [[marriage]] or [[adoption]]. See {{m|en|blood relative}}, {{m|en|blood relation}}.
{{lb|en|uncountable}} A person or people related to one by birth; one's [[biological]] relative or relatives.
{{lb|en|historical}} One of the four [[humour]]s in the human body.
The [[endometrial]] lining as it is shed in [[menstruation]]; [[menstrual fluid]] or period blood.
{{lb|en|medicine|informal|countable}} A [[blood test]] or [[blood sample]].
The [[sap]] or [[juice]] which [[flows]] in or from [[plant]]s.
{{lb|en|poetic}} The juice of anything, especially if red.
A [[temper]] of [[mind]]; a [[disposition]]; [[mood|a mood]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} A lively, [[showy]] [[man]]; a [[rake]]; a [[dandy]].
A [[blood horse]], one of good pedigree.
{{lb|en|figurative}} [[bloodshed|Bloodshed]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} To cause something to be covered with blood; to [[bloody]].
{{lb|en|medicine|historical}} To let blood (from); to [[bleed]].
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[initiate]] into [[warfare]] or a [[blood sport]], traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
{{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To make eager for [[bloodshed]] or [[combat]]; to [[incite]] or [[enrage]] against. {{defdate|1622|1780}}

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