Blood

Quick meaning: Blood is a noun meaning The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.

Meaning

The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.

More Meanings

1. (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
2. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
3. (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
4. A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
5. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
6. 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.
7. (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.

Example Sentences

a friend of our own blood

to share the blood of Saxon royalty

Some insects are known for consuming blood.

Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.

Word Forms

• bloods
• bloud
• bloode
• blooding
• blooded

Synonyms for blood

Depending on context, synonyms include background, descent, heritage, stock, fop, popinjay.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gore, rake, bloodshed, descent, line, rip.

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