
blood
n 1: the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart;
"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and
carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed
that blood was the seat of the emotions"
2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
{descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {pedigree}, {ancestry},
{origin}, {parentage}, {stemma}, {stock}]
3: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the
blood of his kinsmen" [syn: {bloodshed}, {gore}]
4: temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood"
5: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: {rake}, {profligate},
{rip}, {roue}]
6: people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young
blood in this organization"
v : smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the
face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Source: WordNet® 2.0