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blood
- pronunciation:
- bluhd
- phrases:
- in cold blood, make one's blood boil, make one's blood run cold
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the red fluid containing oxygen and nutrients that circulates in the vascular system of vertebrates.
- similar words:
- gore, hemoglobin, lifeblood, plasma, serum
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| definition 2: |
the life principle.
the blood of the nation- similar words:
- heart, lifeblood, soul, source, spirit
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| definition 3: |
vigor or energy.
She brings new blood into our organization.- synonyms:
- energy, life, vigor, vitality
- similar words:
- sap, spirit
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| definition 4: |
murder or slaughter; bloodshed.
- synonyms:
- bloodletting, bloodshed, murder, slaughter
- similar words:
- blood feud, bloodbath, butchery, carnage
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| definition 5: |
disposition; temperament.
- synonyms:
- disposition, temper, temperament
- similar words:
- mood, nature, spirit
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| definition 6: |
racial or national ancestral stock.
of royal French blood- synonyms:
- ancestry, birth, extraction, lineage, origin, stock
- similar words:
- bloodline, derivation, descent, heritage, pedigree
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| definition 7: |
common ancestral descent.
- synonyms:
- family, lineage, origin
- similar words:
- genealogy, kinship, relation
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| related words: |
kin |
| phrase: |
in cold blood |
| phrase: |
make one's blood boil |
| phrase: |
make one's blood run cold |
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broader categories that include blood |
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body, fluid |
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conventionally associated with blood |
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sweat, tears |
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some actions of blood |
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circulate, clot, flow, pulse, pump |
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some actions with blood |
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donate, draw, test |
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some body parts associated with blood |
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aorta, artery, auricle, blood vessel, capillary, heart, kidney, liver, small intestine, spleen, vein, ventricle, vessel |
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some descriptions of blood |
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red, sticky, warm |
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some diseases related to blood |
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anemia, diabetes, leukemia, stroke |
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some parts of blood |
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corpuscle, plasma, red blood cell, T cell, white blood cell |
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some people associated with blood |
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doctor, donor, nurse, surgeon |
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some places for blood |
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blood bank, body, hospital, laboratory |
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some terms for loss of blood |
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bleed, bloodshed |
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some things that compose blood |
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antibody, hormone, iron, nutrients, oxygen, protein, serum, waste |
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some things that eat blood |
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flea, horsefly, leech, louse, mosquito, tick, vampire |
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