blood

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English blōd, Proto-Germanic *blodam, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch bloed, German Blut, Swedish blod.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: blŭd, IPA: /blʌd/, SAMPA: /blVd/
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  Rhymes: -ʌd

[edit] Noun

blood (countable and uncountable; plural bloods)

1. 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.
2. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. (See blood relative, blood relation, by blood.)
3. (medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.

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• bleed

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

1. To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
2. (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 121:

     Mr Western, who imputed these symptoms in his daughter to her fall, advised her to be presently blooded by way of prevention.

3. To initiate into warfare or a blood sport.

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[edit] Noun

blood n.

1. blood