blood
/blʌd/ noun A2- 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. · Some insects are known for consuming blood.· Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.
- A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives. · She may not be my blood, but we grew up together, and as far as I'm concerned she's my sister.
- One of the four humours in the human body.
- The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
- A blood test or blood sample.
- The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
- The juice of anything, especially if red.
Plural bloods
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“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful.
“Father,” said Mercédès, stopping when she had reached the centre of the table, “sit, I pray you, on my right hand; on my left I will place him who has ever been as a brother to me,” pointing with a soft and gentle smile to Fernand; but her words and look seemed to inflict the direst torture on him, for his lips became ghastly pale, and even beneath the dark hue of his complexion the blood might be seen retreating as though some sudden pang drove it back to the heart.
What weight can my blood add to the wool?
THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other, in which much blood was shed.
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