[blood] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE blod; akin to OHG bluot blood] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body b: a comparable fluid of an invertebrate c: a fluid resembling blood
2: the shedding of blood; also: the taking of life 3 a: lifeblood; broadly: life b: human stock or lineage; esp: royal lineage "a prince of the ~" c: relationship by descent from a common ancestor: kinship d: persons related through common descent: kindred e (1): honorable or high birth or descent (2): descent from parents of recognized breed or pedigree
4. a: blood regarded as the seat of the emotions: temper b obs: lust c: a showy foppish man: rake
5: personnel "a company in need of new ~"
6: a black American male--used esp. among blacks
[2]blood vt (1633) 1 archaic: bleed 1
2: to stain or wet with blood
3: to expose (a hunting dog) to sight, scent, or taste of the blood of its prey
4: to give experience to "troops ~ed in battle"