blood (n.)

  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'

  2. temperament or disposition; a person of hot blood'

  3. a dissolute man in fashionable society

    [ Syn: rake , rakehell , profligate , rip , roue ]

  4. the descendants of one individual; his entire lineage has been warriors

    [ Syn: lineage , line , line of descent , descent , bloodline , blood line , pedigree , ancestry , origin , parentage , stemma , stock ]

  5. people viewed as members of a group; we need more young blood in this organization'

    blood (v.)

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

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