blood

¹blood

noun, often attributive \ˈbləd\

Definition of BLOOD

1

a (1) : the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body (2) : a comparable fluid of an invertebrate b : a fluid resembling blood

2

: the shedding of blood; also : the taking of life

3

a : lifeblood; broadly : life b : human stock or lineage; especially : royal lineage <a prince of the blood> c : relationship by descent from a common ancestor : kinship d : persons related through common descent : kindred e (1) : honorable or high birth or descent (2) : descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigree

4

a : blood regarded as the seat of the emotions : temper b obsolete : lust c : a showy foppish man : rake

5

: members of a team, staff, or organization : personnel <a company in need of new blood>

6

: a black American male —used especially among blacks

— in one's blood

: ingrained in one's nature : occurring as an innate or seemingly hereditary principle, inclination, or talent <with two parents who are painters, art is in her blood>

Examples of BLOOD

1. The accident victim has already lost a lot of blood.
2. the blood in your veins

Origin of BLOOD

Middle English, from Old English blōd; akin to Old High German bluot blood

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to BLOOD

Synonyms: family, clan, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Antonyms: issue, posterity, progeny, seed

Related Words: blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynasty

Near Antonyms: ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

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Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with BLOOD

bud, crud, cud, dud, flood, fud, mud, rudd, scud, spud, stud, sudd, thud