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NOUN | 1 | blood | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart |
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2 | blood, lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | The descendants of one individual | |
3 | blood, bloodshed, gore | The shedding of blood resulting in murder | |
4 | blood | Temperament or disposition | |
5 | blood, rake, profligate, rip, roue | A dissolute man in fashionable society | |
6 | blood | People viewed as members of a group | |
VERB | 1 | blood | Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill |
Sounds | blah'd |
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Rhymes | abbreviated, accepted, acid, and 390 more rhymes in ahd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart. |
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Examples | "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" |
Category | vertebrate, craniate |
Parts | blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle |
Narrower | arterial blood; gore; lifeblood; bloodstream; blood clot, grume; menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow; venous blood; whole blood |
Broader | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour |
Substances | serum, blood serum; blood plasma |
Adjectives | hemic, haemic, hematic, haematic |
Verbs | blood |
Meaning | The descendants of one individual. |
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Synonyms | lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock |
Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side |
Broader | genealogy, family tree |
Meaning | The shedding of blood resulting in murder. |
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Examples | "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen" |
Synonyms | bloodshed, gore |
Broader | murder, slaying, execution |
Verbs | blood |
Meaning | Temperament or disposition. |
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Examples | "a person of hot blood" |
Broader | disposition, temperament |
Meaning | A dissolute man in fashionable society. |
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Synonyms | rake, profligate, rip, roue |
Broader | libertine, debauchee, rounder |
Meaning | People viewed as members of a group. |
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Examples | "we need more young blood in this organization" |
Broader | people |
Meaning | 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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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | daub, smear |
Nouns | blood; blood |