- blood
- n.
1) to draw, let blood
2) to lose; shed, spill blood
3) to staunch the flow of blood
4) to donate; type blood
5) blue; pure; royal blood
6) whole blood
7) hot ('fiery') blood
8) blood cakes; circulates, flows, runs; clots, coagulates congeals, curdles; spurts (blood spurted from the wound)
9) (fig.) blood boils; freezes; runs cold 10 (fig.) blood tells
11) by blood (related by blood)
12) of blood (of royal blood)
13) (misc.) to run in the blood ('to be hereditary'); in cold blood ('without feeling'); to draw first blood ('to score the first success'); fresh/new blood ('new personnel'); old blood ('old personnel'); (colloq.) tired blood ('rundown condition of the body')
* * *[blʌd]circulatesclotscoagulates. congealscurdlesflowsfreezeslet bloodpureroyal bloodrunsruns coldspill bloodtype bloodfresh/ new blood ('new personnel')old blood ('old personnel')(colloq.) tired blood ('rundown condition of the body')to draw first blood ('to score the first success')in cold blood ('without feeling')spurts (blood spurted from the wound)(fig.) blood boils(fig.) blood tellshot ('fiery') bloodto donateto drawto loseto staunch the flow of bloodwhole bloodblood cakes(misc.) to run in the blood ('to be hereditary ')of blood (of royal blood)by blood (related by blood)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.