/blĘËdz/ - [bludz] -
We found 3 definitions of bloods from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: blood |
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blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" | ||
bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humor, humour the liquid parts of the body | ||
craniate, vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||
arterial blood blood found in arteries; "except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen" | ||
blood group, blood type human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens | ||
gore a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails | ||
lifeblood an essential or life-giving force; "water is the lifeblood of India" | ||
blood stream, bloodstream the blood flowing through the circulatory system | ||
blood clot, grume a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells | ||
cord blood blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth | ||
menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years | ||
venous blood blood found in the veins; "except in the pulmonary vein venous blood is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen" | ||
whole blood blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant; "whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions" | ||
blood serum, serum an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | ||
blood - temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" | ||
blood - people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization" | ||
blood - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" | ||
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | ||
family tree, genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | ||
family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" | ||
blood - a dissolute man in fashionable society | ||
rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, roue | ||
debauchee, libertine, rounder a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | ||
Verb |
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blood - smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill | ||
daub, smear cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" |