blood

US /blʌd/

UK /blʌd/

A2

noun

  • Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals

adjective

  • Related by birth; family

verb

  • To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club

other

  • The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.
  • A wound that has blood coming out of it.
  • Family relationship or descent.
  • Disposition or temperament.
  • Bloodshed; violence.