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blood
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Meanings
noun
  • the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.
    E.g. drops of blood
  • violence involving bloodshed.
    E.g. a commando operation full of blood and danger
  • fiery or passionate temperament.
    E.g. a ritual that fires up his blood
  • family background; descent or lineage.
    E.g. she must have Irish blood in her
  • a fashionable and dashing young man.
    E.g. a group of young bloods
verb
  • initiate (someone) in a particular activity.
    E.g. clubs are too slow to blood young players
  • smear the face of (a novice) with the blood of the kill.
Blood
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Meanings
noun
  • a member of a North American people belonging to the Blackfoot Confederacy.

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