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blood¹

  • /blʌd/
  • /blʊd/

Sounds like blud · Rhymes with -ʌd, -ʊd

Where it comes from

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”).

noun bloods · bloud · bloode · bl00d

  1. countable, uncountable 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. Some insects are known for consuming blood.
  2. countable, uncountable A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation. a friend of our own blood

    Similar: background, descent, heritage, stock

  3. uncountable A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives. She may not be my blood, but we grew up together, and as far as I'm concerned she's my sister.
  4. countable, historical, uncountable One of the four humours in the human body.
  5. countable, uncountable The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
  6. countable, informal A blood test or blood sample. When I got Bilbo to their surgery the vet took Bilbo in for tests. […] His bloods showed nothing wrong at all.
  7. countable, uncountable The sap or juice which flows in or from plants. It is no tautology to call the blood of the grape red or purple, because the juice of that fruit was sometimes white and sometimes black or dark. The arterial blood of our bodies is red, but the venous is called "black blood."
  8. countable, poetic, uncountable The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed[…]his clothes in the blood of grapes.
  9. countable, uncountable A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood. When thou perceive his blood inclined to mirth
  10. countable, obsolete, uncountable A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy. Seest thou not[…]how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?

    Similar: fop, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood

  11. countable, uncountable A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
  12. countable, figuratively, uncountable Bloodshed. They came looking for blood.
  13. countable, uncountable A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
  14. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).
  15. Multicultural London English, UK, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”). Blood I swear she just gave man extra chicken? Two fat pieces of chicken.
  16. US, countable, slang, uncountable Lean, especially that is red.

verb bloods · blooding · blooded · bloud · bloode

  1. transitive To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody. The French gentleman and Mr Adderly, at the desire of their commanding officer, had raised up the body of Jones, but as they could perceive but little (if any) sign of life in him, they again let him fall, Adderly damning him for having blooded his wastecoat […]
  2. historical To let blood (from); to bleed. On Sᵗ Stephens day the Farrier came constantly and blouded all the Cart-horses.
  3. transitive To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed. Roberts-Smith and his commander had made it clear the "rookie" needed to kill someone to truly become part of the squadron. They called it a "blooding". The assault patrols cleared the compound known as Whiskey 108 and declared it secure. An opportunity for a blooding emerged when a hidden tunnel wa
  4. obsolete, transitive To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against.

Blood²

noun Bloods

  1. abbreviation Short for Blood Indian

Blood³

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Blood⁴

Where it comes from

When the gang was formed, the term blood, from blood brother, was common street slang, used in the 1960s by young Black and Hispanic men and returning veterans from the Vietnam War to refer to friends.

noun Bloods · blood · 🅱 · 🅱️

  1. A member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods, who typically wear red and have an intense and bitter rivalry with the Crips. My union with the neighborhood kids teaches me Bloods don't say or write words starting with c's. This is how Bloods disrespect Crips. They replace all c's with k's or b's and cross out all remaining c's in the word.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gore, rake, bloodshed, descent, line, rip, profligate, pedigree, lineage, bloodline, ancestry, parentage, origin, stock, blood line, roue

Translations

Every language

noun vital liquid flowing in human and animal bodies

Españolsangre, crúor
한국어피 pi, 혈액 hyeoraek
日本語血 chi, 血液 ketsueki
中文血 xuè, xiě
हिन्दीख़ून xūn, रक्त rakt, लहू lahū, दम dam
Kiswahilidamu
Portuguêssangue
Françaissang
DeutschBlut
Italianosangue
Ελληνικάαίμα aíma
Românăsânge
Русскийкровь krovʹ, ю́шка júška
Tiếng Việtmáu
العربيةدَم dam
עבריתדָּם dam

noun family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings

Españollazo de sangre
한국어혈통 hyeoltong, 혈연 hyeoryeon
日本語血縁 ketsuen, 血 chi
中文血緣 /血缘 xuèyuán
Portuguêssangue
Françaissang
DeutschBlut, Blutsbande
Ελληνικάαίμα aíma
Românăsânge
Русскийкровь krovʹ, родство́ rodstvó, род rod

noun blood test or blood sample

한국어혈액검사 hyeoraekgeomsa
日本語血液検査 ketsueki kensa
Kiswahilidamu
Portuguêsteste/amostra de sangue
Ελληνικάαίμα aíma
Русскийкровь krovʹ, ана́лиз кро́ви análiz króvi

verb to cause to be covered with blood

Españolensangrentar
Kiswahilidamu
Portuguêsensanguentar
Deutschanbluten
Italianoinsanguinare
Ελληνικάματώνω matóno
Românăînsângera

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@misc{blood_2026,
  title = {blood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}