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'
temperament or disposition; a person of hot blood'
a dissolute man in fashionable society
[ Syn: rake , rakehell , profligate , rip , roue ]
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 ]
people viewed as members of a group; we need more young blood in this organization'
blood (n.)
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill