“blood”

Definitions

• noun

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

  Synonyms: affiliation, agnate, agnation, alliance, ancestry, anemia, angiohemophilia, anima, antibody, antigen, apparentation, aristocracy

  • Example:“Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products.”
  • Example:“The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions.”

• noun

  temperament or disposition

  • Example:“a person of hot blood”

• noun

  a dissolute man in fashionable society

  Synonyms: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, roue

• noun

  the hereditary derivation of an individual

  Synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage

  • Example:“His entire lineage has been warriors.”

• noun

  people viewed as members of a group

  • Example:“We need more young blood in this organization.”

• verb

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