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English noun: blood | |||
| 1. | blood (body) the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets | ||
| Samples | Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products. The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arterial blood, blood clot, blood group, blood stream, blood type, bloodstream, cord blood, gore, grume, lifeblood, menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow, venous blood, whole blood | ||
| Part holonym | blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle | ||
| Substance holonym | blood serum, serum | ||
| Domain category | craniate, vertebrate | ||
| 2. | blood (attribute) temperament or disposition | ||
| Samples | A person of hot blood. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disposition, temperament | ||
| 3. | blood (person) a dissolute man in fashionable society | ||
| Synonyms | profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | debauchee, libertine, rounder | ||
| 4. | blood (group) the descendants of one individual | ||
| Samples | His entire lineage has been warriors. | ||
| Synonyms | ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | family tree, genealogy | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side | ||
| 5. | blood (group) people viewed as members of a group | ||
| Samples | We need more young blood in this organization. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
English verb: blood | |||
| 1. | blood (contact) smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | daub, smear | ||
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