blood

Meaning

Noun

1. A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
2. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. (See blood relative, blood relation.)
3. One of the four humours in the human body.
4. The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid.
5. A blood test or blood sample.
6. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
7. The juice of anything, especially if red.
8. Temper of mind; disposition; mood
9. (obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
10. A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
11. Bloodshed.
12. Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“member of a certain gang”)
13. A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
14. (slang) Alternative form of blud (“Informal address to a male.”)

Verb

1. To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
2. To let blood (from); to bleed.
3. To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blʌd/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *blōþą
Proto-West Germanic *blōd
Old English blōd
Middle English blood
English blood
From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bloud, West Frisian bloed, Dutch bloed, German Blut, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian blod, Icelandic and Faroese blóð.

Sentences

Taking part in road traffic is potentially dangerous after donating blood .

The mixture took on a reddish color , almost the color of blood .