I. ˈbləd noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blōd; akin to Old High German bluot blood
Date: before 12th century
1.
a.
(1) : 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
(2) : a comparable fluid of an invertebrate
b. : a fluid resembling blood
2. : the shedding of blood ; also : the taking of life
3.
a. : lifeblood ; broadly : life
b. : human stock or lineage ; especially : royal lineage
a prince of the blood
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. obsolete : lust
c. : a showy foppish man : rake
5. : members of a team, staff, or organization : personnel
a company in need of new blood
6. : a black American male — used especially among blacks
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- in one's blood
II. transitive verb
Date: 1540
1. : to stain or wet with blood
2. archaic : bleed 1
3. : to expose (a hunting dog) to sight, scent, or taste of the blood of its prey
4. : to give experience to
troops blood ed in battle