Blood
[blʌd]
Definition
(noun.) temperament or disposition; 'a person of hot blood'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) people viewed as members of a group; '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.
Editor: Vlad--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
(n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
(n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
(n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
(n.) The fleshy nature of man.
(n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
(n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
(n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
(n.) The juice of anything, especially if red.
(v. t.) To bleed.
(v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
(v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
(v. t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
Checker: Zelig
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Vital fluid, vital current, life blood.[2]. Kindred, relation, family, consanguinity.[3]. Royal lineage, royal line.[4]. High birth, noble extraction.[5]. Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow.
Edited by Joanne
Unserious Contents or Definition
Blood-stained garments, indicate enemies who seek to tear down a successful career that is opening up before you. The dreamer should beware of strange friendships. To see blood flowing from a wound, physical ailments and worry. Bad business caused from disastrous dealings with foreign combines. To see blood on your hands, immediate bad luck, if not careful of your person and your own affairs.
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Examples
- It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When the massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve deluged France with the blood of Protestants Catherine saw that Palissy was spared from the general destruction. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her rich colour, her quick blood, her rapid breath, were all setting themselves against the opportunity of retracing their steps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I think she's got a touch of that fever in her blood yet, and it won't come out--eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He always used to say 'twas his nose bleedn, till he must have pomped all the blood out of 'um. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The same secret seemed to be working in the souls of all alike, Gudrun, Palmer, the rakish young bloods, the gaunt, middle-aged men. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There's a cold-blooded scoundrel! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb, said Will, with gnashing impetuosity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There isn't a note in you which I don't know; and that hot little bosom couldn't play such a cold-blooded trick to save its life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Thou hast turned out a most cold-blooded profligate, as I am told: but it might not have been thus if we had married. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The difficulty is not in getting men and women, but in getting pure-blooded Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is a very deeply planned and cold-blooded murder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- How can you all encourage this cold-blooded heartless creature? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The place became full of a watchful intentness now; for when other things sank blooding to sleep the heath appeared slowly to awake and listen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Randolph