Blood

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Blood /blʌd/

▶noun (pl. same or Bloods) a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blood/blʌd/

▶noun

• 1 the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.

• 2 violence involving bloodshed.

• 3 fiery or passionate temperament.

• 4 family background; descent or lineage: she must have Irish blood.

• 5 dated a fashionable and dashing young man.

▶verb

• 1 initiate (someone) in a particular activity.

• 2 Hunting smear the face of (a novice hunter) with the blood of the kill.

  ■ give (a hound) a first taste of blood.

– phrases
blood and thunder informal unrestrained and violent action or behaviour.
one's blood is up one is in a fighting mood.
blood, sweat, and tears extremely hard work.
first blood

• 1 the first shedding of blood in a fight or (formerly) a duel.

• 2 the first point or advantage gained in a contest.

give blood allow blood to be removed medically from one's body in order to be stored for use in transfusions.
have blood on one's hands be responsible for someone's death.
in one's blood ingrained in or fundamental to one's character.
make someone's blood boil informal infuriate someone.
make someone's blood run cold horrify someone.
new (or fresh) blood new members admitted to a group.
of the blood (royal) literary royal.
young blood a younger member or members of a group.

– origin OE blōd, of Gmc origin.