blood

== English == === Alternative forms === bloud, bloode (obsolete) bl00d (filter-avoidance) === Etymology === From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Scots blude, bluid (“blood”), North Frisian blud, blödj, Blör (“blood”), Saterland Frisian Bloud (“blood”), West Frisian bloed (“blood”), Cimbrian pluat, pluut (“blood”), Dutch bloed (“blood”), German Blut (“blood”), German Low German Blood, Bloot (“blood”), Luxembourgish Blutt (“blood”), Vilamovian błüt (“blood”), Yiddish בלוט (blut, “blood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish blod (“blood”), Faroese and Icelandic blóð (“blood”), Crimean Gothic plut (“blood”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ, “blood”). === Pronunciation === enPR: blŭd, IPA(key): /blʌd/ (Northern England) enPR: blo͝od, IPA(key): /blʊd/ (Dublin) IPA(key): /blʊd/ Homophone: blud Rhymes: -ʌd, -ʊd === Noun === blood (countable and uncountable, plural bloods) A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation. Synonyms: background, descent, heritage, stock (historical) One of the four humours in the human body. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid. (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants. (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red. A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood. (obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy. Synonyms: fop, popinjay; see also Thesaurus:dandy A blood horse, one of good pedigree. (figurative) Bloodshed. (especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male. Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”). (UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”). (US slang) Lean, especially that is red. ==== Hyponyms ==== lifeblood ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Belizean Creole: blod Torres Strait Creole: blad → Greek: μπλάντι (blánti) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== coagulation sanguinary sanguine hemato- === Verb === blood (third-person singular simple present bloods, present participle blooding, simple past and past participle blooded) (transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody. (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed. (transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed. (transitive, obsolete) To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against. [1622–1780] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “blood, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000: “transitive. To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against. Obsolete.” William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “blood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === boldo == Dutch == === Alternative forms === blo === Etymology === From Middle Dutch blōde, from Old Dutch *blōdi, from Frankish *blauthi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (“weak”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bloːt/ Hyphenation: blood Rhymes: -oːt Homophone: bloot === Adjective === blood (comparative bloder, superlative bloodst) (archaic) not courageous (archaic) timid ==== Synonyms ==== (cowardly) laf (timid) beschroomd, verlegen ==== Derived terms ==== bloodaard ==== Related terms ==== liever blode Jan dan dode Jan === References === [3] == Dutch Low Saxon == === Etymology === From Middle Low German blôt, from Old Saxon blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą. === Noun === blood n blood === See also === German Low German: Blood, Bloot == Middle English == === Alternative forms === blod, blode, bloode, bloud === Etymology === From Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bloːd/ Rhymes: -oːd === Noun === blood (plural bloods) blood ==== Derived terms ==== herte blood ==== Descendants ==== English: blood English: (West Yorkshire) blooid, bluid Geordie: bluid, blud Scots: bluid Yola: blooed ==== References ==== “blọ̄d, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.