blood
/blʌd/ verb C2- To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- To let blood (from); to bleed.
- To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
He/she/it bloods · Past blooded · Past participle blooded · -ing form blooding
Verb forms
- Base form
- blood
- He/she/it
- bloods
- Past
- blooded
- Past participle
- blooded
- -ing form
- blooding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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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