blood

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English

Alternative forms

• bloud, bloode (obsolete)
• bl00d (filter-avoidance)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: blŭd, IPA^(key): /blʌd/
• (Northern England) enPR: blo͝od, IPA^(key): /blʊd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd, -ʊd

Noun

blood (countable and uncountable, plural bloods)

2. 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.
3. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.

   Synonyms: background, descent, heritage, stock
4. (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid.
6. (medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
7. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
8. (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
9. Temper of mind; disposition; mood
10. (obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
11. A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
12. (figurative) Bloodshed.
13. (especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
14. Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“member of a certain gang”)
15. (UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“Informal address to a male.”)

Hyponyms

• lifeblood

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Belizean Creole: blod
• Torres Strait Creole: blad
• → Greek: μπλάντι (blánti)

Translations

See also

• coagulation
• sanguinary
• sanguine
• hemato-

Verb

blood (third-person singular simple present bloods, present participle blooding, simple past and past participle blooded)

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

• blood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “blood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “blood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• boldo

Dutch

Alternative forms

• blo

Etymology

From Middle Dutch blōde, from Old Dutch *blōdi, from Frankish *blauthi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (“weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloːt/
• Hyphenation: blood
• Rhymes: -oːt
• Homophone: bloot

Adjective

blood (comparative bloder, superlative bloodst)

1. (archaic) not courageous
2. (archaic) timid

Synonyms

• (cowardly) laf
• (timid) beschroomd, verlegen

Derived terms

• bloodaard

Related terms

• liever blode Jan dan dode Jan

References

• [3]

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German blôt, from Old Saxon blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Noun

blood n

1. blood

See also

• German Low German: Blood, Bloot

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blod, blode, bloode, bloud

Etymology

From Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloːd/
• Rhymes: -oːd

Noun

blood (plural bloods)

1. blood

Derived terms

• herte blood

Descendants

• English: blood
• Geordie English: bluid
• Scots: bluid
• Yola: blooed

References

• “blọ̄d, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.