English-Thai Dictionary
blood
N การนองเลือด การ เสีย เลือดเนื้อ bloodshed kan-nong-luead
blood
N ชายหนุ่ม chai-num
blood
N สายเลือด สายโลหิต family kinship sai-luead
blood
N เลือด โลหิต luead
blood
VT นำ กองทหาร ให้ ออกรบ เป็นครั้งแรก nam-kong-tha-han-hai-ook-rob-pen-khrang-raek
blood bank
N ธนาคารเลือด คลังเลือด tha-na-khan-luead
blood cell
N เม็ด เลือด เม็ดโลหิต med-luead
blood group
N หมู่ เลือด mu-luead
blood transfusion
N การ ให้ เลือด kan-hai-luead
blood type
N หมู่ เลือด mu-luead
blood vessel
N หลอด เลือด lod-luead
blood-curdling
ADJ สยองขวัญ sa-yong-khwan
bloodbath
N การ ฆาตกรรม หมู่ kan-khad-ta-kam-mu
blooded
A ที่ มี เลือดเนื้อ
bloodguilty
A ที่ ทำให้ คนตาย
bloodhound
N สุนัข พันธุ์ หนึ่ง มี หู ยาว su-nak-phan-nueng-mee-hu-yaol
bloodiness
N การ ฆ่า นองเลือด อย่าง โหดเหี้ยม
bloodless
ADJ ไร้ เลือด rai-luead
bloodletting
N การผ่า เอา เลือด ออก kan-pa-aol-luead-ook
bloodlust
N การผ่า หลอดเลือดดำ kan-pa-aol-luead-dam
bloodmobile
N หน่วย บริการ เคลื่อนที่ รับบริจาค โลหิต
bloodroot
N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง ใน อเมริกา เหนือ มี ราก สีแดง
bloods and guts
SL ความวุ่นวาย ความโกลาหล khwam-wun-wai
bloodshed
N การฆ่าฟัน การนองเลือด massacre killing kan-ka-fan
bloodshedding
N การ ฆ่า นองเลือด
bloodshot
ADJ ตา แดงก่ำ เพราะ เส้นเลือดฝอย แตก ta-daeng-kam-phror-sen-luead-foi-taek
bloodstain
N รอย เลือด roi-luea
bloodstained
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น รอย เลือด sueng-pen-roi-luea
bloodstock
N ม้า พันธุ์ ที่ ใช้ วิ่งแข่ง ขัน ma-phan-t-i chai-wing-khaeng-khan
bloodstone
N เพชร ที่ มี ลาย คล้าย เส้นเลือด
bloodstream
N กระแส เลือด kra-saer-luead
bloodsucker
N สัตว์ ที่ ดูด เลือด
bloodthirsty
A ที่ หิว กระหายเลือด
bloodwort
N พืช ที่ มี ราก สีแดง
bloody
ADJ กระหายเลือด sanguinary kra-hai-luead
bloody
ADJ เต็มไปด้วย เลือด tem-pai-duai-luead
bloody-minded
ADJ ใจดำ jai-dam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BLOOD
n. 1. The fluid which circulates through the arteries and veins of the human body, and of other animals, which is essential to the preservation of life. This fluid is generally red. If the blood of an animal is not red, such animal is called exsanguious, or white-blooded; the blood being white, or white tinged with blue.
2. Kindred; relation by natural descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity.
God hath made of one blood, all nations of the earth. Acts 17:26.
3. Royal lineage; blood royal; as a prince of the blood.
4. Honorable birth; high extraction; as a gentleman of blood.
5. Life.
Shall I not require his blood at your hands? 2 Samuel 4:11.
6. Slaughter; murder, or bloodshedding.
I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu. Hosea 1:4.
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground. Genesis 4:1 .
7. Guilt, and punishment.
Your blood be upon your own heads. Acts 18:6.
8. Fleshly nature; the carnal part of man; as opposed to spiritual nature, or divine life.
Who were born, not of flesh and blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:13.
9. Man, or human wisdom, or reason.
Flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 16:17.
1 . A sacramental symbol of the blood of Christ.
This is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for the remission of sins. Matthew 26:28.
11. The death and sufferings of Christ.
Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Romans 5:9.
12. The price of blood; that which is obtained by shedding blood, and seizing goods.
Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood. Habakkuk 2:12; Acts 1:19.
13. Temper of mind; state of the passions; but in this sense, accompanied with cold or warm, or other qualifying word. Thus to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated; to warm or head the blood, is to excite the passions.
14. A hot spark; a man of fire or spirit; a rake.
15. The juice of any thing, especially if red; as, "the blood of grapes." Genesis 49:11.
Whole blood. In law, a kinsman of the whole blood is one who descends from the same couple of ancestors; of the half blood, one who descends from either of them singly, by a second marriage.
BLOOD
v.t.To let blood; to bleed by opening a vein. 1. To stain with blood.
2. To enter; to inure to blood; as a hound.
3. To heat the blood; to exasperate. [Unusual. ]
BLOOD-BESPOTTED
a.Spotted with blood.
BLOOD-BOLTERED
a.[blood and bolter. ] Sprinkled with blood. [Not used. ]
BLOOD-CONSUMING
a.Wasting the blood.
BLOODED
pp. Bled; stained with blood; inured to blood.
BLOOD-FLOWER
n.[blood and flower. ] Haemanthus, a genus of plants, natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
BLOOD-FROZEN
a.Having the blood chilled.
BLOODGUILTINESS
n.[blood and guilt. ] The guilt or crime of shedding blood. Psalm 51:14.
BLOOD-HOT
a.[blood and hot. ] As warm as blood in its natural temperature.
BLOOD-HOUND
n.[blood and hound. ] A species of canis or dog, with long, smooth and pendulous ears, remarkable for the acuteness of its smell, and employed to recover game which had escaped wounded from the hunter, by tracing the lost animal by the blood it had spilt; whence the name of the dog.
BLOODILY
adv. In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
BLOODINESS
n.The state of being bloody; disposition to shed blood.
BLOODING
ppr. Letting blood; staining with blood; inuring to blood, as a hound.
BLOODLESS
a.Without blood; dead. 1. Without shedding of blood or slaughter; as a bloodless victory.
2. Without spirit or activity.
BLOOD-LET
v.t.To bleed; to let blood.
BLOOD-LETTER
n.One who lets blood, as in diseases; a phlebotomist.
BLOODLETTING
n.[blood and let. ] The act of letting blood, or bleeding by opening a vein.
BLOODPUDDING
n.[blood and pudding. ] A pudding made with blood and other materials.
BLOOD-RED
n.Red as blood.
BLOOD-ROOT
n.A plant so named from its color; a species of sanguinaria, called also puccoon, turmeric and red root.
BLOODSHED
n.[blood and shed. ] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; waste of life; the crime of shedding blood.
BLOODSHEDDER
n.One who sheds blood; a murderer.
BLOODSHEDDING
n.The shedding of blood; the crime of shedding blood.
BLOODSHOT
a.[blood and shoot. ] Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood vessels, as in diseases of the eye.
BLOODSNAKE
n.A species of snake, the haemorrhus.
BLOOD-SPAVIN
n.[blood and spavin. ] A dilatation of the vein that runs along the inside of the hock of a horse, forming a soft swelling.
BLOOD-STAINED
a.Stained with blood; also, guilty of murder.
BLOODSTONE
n.[blood and stone. ] A stone, imagined, if worn as an amulet, to be a good preventive of bleeding at the nose. [See Hematite. ]
BLOOD-SUCKER
n.[blood and suck. ] Any animal that sucks blood, as a leech, a fly, etc. A cruel man; a murderer.
BLOOD-SUCKING
a.That sucks or draws blood.
BLOOD-THIRSTY
a.[blood and thirst. ] Desirous to shed blood; murderous.
BLOOD-VESSEL
n.[blood and vessel. ] Any vessel in which blood circulates in an animal body; an artery or a vein.
BLOOD-WARM
a.Warm as blood; luke warm.
BLOOD-WITE
n.[blood and wite, a fine or penalty. ] In ancient law, a fine or amercement, paid as a composition for the shedding of blood.
BLOOD-WOOD
n.[blood and wood. ] A name given to log-wood, from its color.
BLOOD-WORT
n.[blood and wort. ] A plant, a species of Rumex.
BLOODY
a.Stained with blood. 1. Cruel; murderous; given to the shedding of blood; or having a cruel, savage disposition; applied to animals.
2. Attended with bloodshed; marked by cruelty; applied to things; as a bloody battle.
BLOODY
v.t.To stain with blood.
BLOODY
adv. Very; as bloody sick, bloody drunk. [This is very vulgar. ]
BLOODY-EYED
a.Having bloody or cruel eyes.
BLOODY-FACED
a.Having a bloody face or appearance.
BLOODY-FLUX
n.[blood and flux. ] The dysentery, a disease in which the discharges from the bowels have a mixture of blood.
BLOODY-HAND
n.[blood and hand. ] A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison.
BLOODY-HUNTING
a.Hunting for blood.
BLOODY-MINDED
a.[blood and mind. ] Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; barbarous; inclined to shed blood.
BLOODY-RED
a.Having the color blood.
BLOODY-SCEPTERED
a.Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter.
BLOODY-SWEAT
n.[blood and sweat. ] A sweat, accompanied by a discharge of blood; also a disease, called sweating sickness, which formerly prevailed in England and other countries.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BLOOD
Blood, n. Etym: [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl, Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See Blow to bloom. ]
1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See Corpuscle, Plasma.
2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. Waller. Half blood (Law ), relationship through only one parent. -- Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. Bouvier. Peters.
3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. Shak.
4. (Stock Breeding )
Defn: Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood.
5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. Shak.
6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. Hood.
7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. Shak.
8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. Shak.
Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up.
9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not. .. how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. Thackeray.
1 . The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed. .. his clothes in the blood of grapes. Gen. xiix. 11.
Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. Blood baptism (Eccl. Hist. ), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. -- Blood blister, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. -- Blood brother, brother by blood or birth. -- Blood clam (Zoöl.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. Argina pexata of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. -- Blood corpuscle. See Corpuscle. -- Blood crystal (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the hæmoglobin of the red blood corpuscles; hæmatocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. -- Blood heat, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98 ½ º Fahr. -- Blood horse, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. -- Blood money. See in the Vocabulary. -- Blood orange, an orange with dark red pulp. -- Blood poisoning (Med. ), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; toxæmia. -- Blood pudding, a pudding made of blood and other materials. -- Blood relation, one connected by blood or descent. -- Blood spavin. See under Spavin. -- Blood vessel. See in the Vocabulary. -- Blue blood, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. -- Flesh and blood. (a ) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b ) Human nature. -- In blood (Hunting ), in a state of perfect health and vigor. Shak. -- To let blood. See under Let. -- Prince of the blood, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal.
BLOOD
Blood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blooding. ]
1. To bleed. [Obs. ] Cowper.
2. To stain, smear or wet, with blood. [Archaic ] Reach out their spears afar, And blood their points. Dryden.
3. To give (hounds or soldiers ) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war. It was most important too that his troops should be blooded. Macaulay.
4. To heat the blood of; to exasperate. [Obs. ] The auxiliary forces of the French and English were much blooded one against another. Bacon.
BLOODBIRD
BLOODBIRD Blood "bird ` (, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata ); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.
BLOOD-BOLTERED
Blood "-bol `tered, a. Etym: [Blood + Prov. E. bolter to mat in tufts.Cf. Balter. ]
Defn: Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [Obs. & R.] The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak.
BLOODED
BLOODED Blood "ed, a.
Defn: Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.
Note: Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded.
BLOODFLOWER
Blood "flow `er, n. Etym: [From the color of the flower. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.
BLOODGUILTY
BLOODGUILTY Blood "guilt `y, a.
Defn: Guilty of murder or bloodshed. "A bloodguilty life. " Fairfax. -- Blood "guilt `i *ness (, n. -- Blood "guilt `less, a.
BLOODHOUND
BLOODHOUND Blood "hound ` (, n.
Defn: A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.
BLOODILY
BLOODILY Blood "i *ly, adv.
Defn: In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
BLOODINESS
BLOODINESS Blood "i *ness, n.
1. The state of being bloody.
2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland.
BLOODLESS
Blood "less, a. Etym: [AS. bl. ]
1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden.
2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude.
3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood! Shak. -- Blood "less *ly, adv. -- Blood "less *ness, n.
BLOODLET
Blood "let ` (, v. t. Etym: [AS. bl; bl blood + l to let. ]
Defn: bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot.
BLOODLETTER
BLOODLETTER Blood "let `ter, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.
BLOODLETTING
BLOODLETTING Blood "let `ting, n. (Med. )
Defn: The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.
BLOOD MONEY
BLOOD MONEY Blood " mon `ey.
1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.
BLOODROOT
BLOODROOT Blood "root ` (, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis ), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
BLOODSHED
Blood "shed ` (, n. Etym: [Blood + shed ]
Defn: The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
BLOODSHEDDER
BLOODSHEDDER Blood "shed `der, n.
Defn: One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
BLOODSHEDDING
BLOODSHEDDING Blood "shed `ding, n.
Defn: Bloodshed. Shak.
BLOODSHOT
Blood "shot ` (, a. Etym: [Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate. ]
Defn: Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, ... and his hair disheveled. Dickens.
BLOOD-SHOTTEN
BLOOD-SHOTTEN Blood "-shot `ten, a.
Defn: Bloodshot. [Obs. ]
BLOODSTICK
BLOODSTICK Blood "stick ", n. (Far. )
Defn: A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. Youatt.
BLOODSTONE
BLOODSTONE Blood "stone ` (, n. (Min. )(a ) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope. (b ) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak. "
BLOODSTROKE
Blood "stroke ` (, n. Etym: [Cf. F. coup de sang. ]
Defn: Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.
BLOODSUCKER
BLOODSUCKER Blood "suck `er, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any animal that sucks blood; esp. , the leech (Hirudo medicinalis ), and related species.
2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs. ] Shak.
3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.
BLOODTHIRSTY
BLOODTHIRSTY Blood "thirst `y, a.
Defn: Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- Blood "thirst `i *ness (n.
BLOODULF
BLOODULF Blood "ulf, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European bullfinch.
BLOOD VESSEL
BLOOD VESSEL Blood " ves `sel. (Anat. )
Defn: Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
BLOODWITE; BLOODWIT
Blood "wite `, Blood "wit ` (, n. Etym: [AS. bl; bl blood, + wite wite, fine. ] (Anc. Law )
Defn: A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.
BLOODWOOD
BLOODWOOD Blood "wood, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree (Baloghia lucida ), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as Gordonia Hæmatoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true logwood ( Hæmatoxylon campechianum ).
BLOODWORT
BLOODWORT Blood "wort ` (, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis ), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.
BLOODY
Blood "y, a. Etym: [AS. bl. ]
1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.
4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp. , marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [Vulgar ] Thackeray.
BLOODY
Blood "y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloodied (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloodying.]
Defn: To stain with blood. Overbury.
BLOODYBONES
BLOODYBONES Blood "y *bones ` (, n.
Defn: A terrible bugbear.
BLOODY FLUX
BLOODY FLUX Blood "y flux `.
Defn: The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.
BLOODY HAND
BLOODY HAND Blood "y hand ` (.
1. A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob.
2. (Her. )
Defn: A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
BLOODY-MINDED
BLOODY-MINDED Blood "y-mind "ed, a.
Defn: Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.
BLOODY SWEAT
BLOODY SWEAT Blood "y sweat ` (.
Defn: A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Blood
Blood |bləd bləd | ▶noun ( pl. same or Bloods ) a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Blackfoot Confederacy.
blood
blood |bləd bləd | ▶noun 1 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: drops of blood. • an internal bodily fluid, not necessarily red, that performs a similar function in invertebrates. Blood consists of a mildly alkaline aqueous fluid (plasma ) containing red cells (erythrocytes ), white cells (leukocytes ), and platelets; it is red when oxygenated and purple when deoxygenated. Red blood cells carry the protein hemoglobin, which gives blood its color and can combine with oxygen, thus enabling the blood to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. White blood cells protect the body against the invasion of foreign agents (e.g., bacteria ). Platelets and other factors present in plasma are concerned in the clotting of blood, preventing hemorrhage. In medieval science and medicine, blood was regarded as one of the four bodily humors, believed to be associated with a confident and optimistic temperament. 2 violence involving bloodshed: a commando operation full of blood and danger. 3 temperament or disposition, esp. when passionate: a ritual that fires up his blood. 4 [ with adj. ] family background; descent or lineage: she must have Irish blood in her. • [ in combination ] a person of specified descent: a mixed-blood. • informal a fellow black person. 5 (usu. Blood ) a member of a Los Angeles street gang. 6 dated, chiefly Brit. a fashionable and dashing young man: a group of young bloods. ▶verb [ with obj. ] initiate (someone ) in a particular activity: clubs are too slow in blooding young players. • (in hunting ) smear the face of (a novice ) with the blood of the kill. • (in hunting ) give (a hound ) a first taste of blood. PHRASES be like getting blood out of (or from ) a stone (or turnip ) be extremely difficult (said in reference to obtaining something from someone ): getting a story out of her is like getting blood out of a stone! blood and guts informal violence and bloodshed, typically in fiction. blood and thunder informal, chiefly Brit. unrestrained and violent action or behavior, typically in sports or fiction. blood is thicker than water proverb relationships and loyalties within a family are the strongest and most important ones. blood, sweat, and tears extremely hard work; unstinting effort. blood will tell proverb family characteristics cannot be concealed. first blood 1 the first shedding of blood, esp. in a boxing match or formerly in dueling with swords. 2 the first point or advantage gained in a contest: King drew first blood when he took the opening set. give blood allow blood to be removed medically from one's body in order to be stored for use in transfusions. have blood on one's hands be responsible for someone's death. have (or get ) one's blood up be in a fighting mood. in one's blood ingrained in or fundamental to one's character: racing is in his blood. in cold blood see cold. make someone's blood boil informal infuriate someone. make someone's blood run cold horrify someone. new (or fresh ) blood new members admitted to a group, typically as an invigorating force. out for ( someone's ) blood set on getting revenge. taste blood achieve an early success that stimulates further efforts: the speculators have tasted blood and could force a devaluation of the franc. young blood a younger member or members of a group, typically as an invigorating force. ORIGIN Old English blōd, of Germanic origin; related to German Blut and Dutch bloed.
blood bank
blood bank |ˈbləd ˌbæŋk | ▶noun a place where supplies of blood or plasma for transfusion are stored.
bloodbath
blood bath |ˈblədˌbaTH ˈblədˌbæθ | ▶noun an event or situation in which many people are killed in a violent manner: he allowed the protest to go ahead despite warnings that it would spark a bloodbath | figurative : the bad publicity would be a media bloodbath.
blood boosting
blood boost ing ▶noun another term for blood doping.
blood-borne
blood-borne ▶adjective (typically of a disease or pathogen ) carried by the blood.
blood–brain barrier
blood –brain bar ri er ▶noun Physiology a filtering mechanism of the capillaries that carry blood to the brain and spinal cord tissue, blocking the passage of certain substances.
blood brother
blood broth er |bləd ˈbrəðər | ▶noun a brother by birth. • a man who has sworn to treat another man as a brother, sometimes with a ceremonial mingling of blood.
blood cell
blood cell ▶noun any of the kinds of cells normally found circulating in the blood.
blood clot
blood clot ▶noun a gelatinous or semisolid mass of coagulated blood.
blood count
blood count |bləd kaʊnt | ▶noun a determination of the number of corpuscles in a specific volume of blood. • the number found in such a procedure: a low blood count.
blood-curdling
blood-cur dling |ˈbləd ˌkərd (ə )liNG ˈblədkərdlɪŋ | ▶adjective causing terror or horror: the warrior's blood-curdling cry.
blood currant
blood cur rant ▶noun another term for red-flowering currant (see flowering currant ).
blood donor
blood do nor |ˈbləd ˈˌdoʊnər | ▶noun a person who gives blood for transfusion.
blood doping
blood dop ing (also blood boosting ) ▶noun the injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete before an event in an attempt to enhance athletic performance.
blooded
blood ed |ˈblədid ˈblədəd | ▶adjective [ usu. in combination ] having blood or a temperament of a specified kind: warm-blooded animals. • (of horses or cattle ) of good pedigree: a blooded stallion.
blood feud
blood feud ▶noun a lengthy conflict between families involving a cycle of retaliatory killings or injury.
blood film
blood film ▶noun a specimen of blood on a glass slide, used for microscopic investigation of possible abnormalities or pathogens.
bloodfin
blood fin |ˈblədˌfin ˈblədfɪn | ▶noun a small South American freshwater fish that is silvery-yellow with bright red fins. It is popular in aquariums. [Aphyocharax rubripinnis, family Characidae. ]
blood fluke
blood fluke ▶noun another term for schistosome.
blood group
blood group |ˈbləd ˈˌɡrup | ▶noun any of the various types of human blood whose antigen characteristics determine compatibility in transfusion. The best known blood groups are those of the ABO system.
bloodguilt
blood guilt |ˈblədˌgilt ˈblədɡɪlt | ▶noun guilt resulting from murder or bloodshed. DERIVATIVES blood guilt i ness noun, blood guilt y adjective
blood heat
blood heat ▶noun [ mass noun ] the normal body temperature of a healthy human being, about 37 °C or 98.4 °F.
blood horse
blood horse ▶noun dated a thoroughbred horse.
bloodhound
blood hound |ˈblədˌhound ˈblədˌhaʊnd | ▶noun a large hound of a breed with a very keen sense of smell, used in tracking.
blood knot
blood knot ▶noun a type of knot used by anglers to join two fishing lines. Also called barrel knot.
bloodless
blood less |ˈblədlis ˈblədləs | ▶adjective 1 (of a revolution or conflict ) without violence or killing: a bloodless coup. 2 (of the skin or a part of the body ) drained of color: his bloodless lips. • (of a person ) cold or unemotional: a shrewd and bloodless Hollywood mogul. • lacking in vitality; feeble: their occasionally bloodless chamber jazz. DERIVATIVES blood less ly adverb, blood less ness noun
bloodletting
blood let ting |ˈblədˌletiNG ˈblədˌlɛdɪŋ | ▶noun chiefly historical the surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes. • the violent killing and wounding of people during a war or conflict: gang members have halted their internecine bloodletting. • bitter division and quarreling within an organization.
bloodline
blood line |ˈblədˌlīn ˈblədˌlaɪn | ▶noun an animal's set of ancestors or pedigree, typically considered with regard to the desirable characteristics bred into it. • a set of ancestors or line of descent of a person.
bloodlust
blood lust |ˈblədˌləst ˈblədˌləst | ▶noun uncontrollable desire to kill or maim others.
blood meal
blood meal ▶noun dried blood used for feeding animals and as a fertilizer.
bloodmobile
blood mo bile |ˈblədməˌbēl ˌblədməˈbil | ▶noun a motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from volunteer donors.
blood money
blood mon ey |bləd ˈməni | ▶noun money paid in compensation to the family of someone who has been killed. • money paid to a hired killer. • money paid by the police or the media for information about a killer or killing.
blood orange
blood or ange |bləd ˈɔrənʤ | ▶noun an orange of a variety with red or red-streaked flesh.
blood platelet
blood plate let ▶noun see platelet.
blood poisoning
blood poi soning |bləd ˈpɔɪznɪŋ | ▶noun the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood, causing disease; septicemia.
blood pressure
blood pres sure |ˈbləd ˌprɛʃər | ▶noun the pressure of the blood in the circulatory system, often measured for diagnosis since it is closely related to the force and rate of the heartbeat and the diameter and elasticity of the arterial walls.
blood pudding
blood pud ding |bləd ˈpʊdɪŋ | ▶noun another term for blood sausage.
blood red
blood red |ˈbləd ˈˌrɛd | ▶noun a deep red: [ as modifier ] : a blood-red lipstick.
blood relation
blood re la tion |bləd rəˈleɪʃən |(also blood relative ) ▶noun a person related to another by birth rather than by marriage.
bloodroot
blood root |ˈblədˌro͞ot, -ˌro͝ot ˈblədrut | ▶noun 1 a North American plant of the poppy family that has white flowers and fleshy underground rhizomes that exude red sap when cut. [Sanguinaria canadensis, family Papaveraceae. ] 2 a lilylike Australian plant with a red rhizome that is roasted and eaten by some Aborigines. [Haemodorum coccineum, family Haemodoraceae. ]
blood sausage
blood sau sage |bləd ˈsɔsɪʤ |(also blood pudding ) ▶noun a dark sausage containing pork, dried pig's blood, and suet.
bloodshed
blood shed |ˈblədˌSHed ˈblədˌʃɛd | ▶noun the killing or wounding of people, typically on a large scale during a conflict.
bloodshot
blood shot |ˈblədˌSHät ˈblədˌʃɑt | ▶adjective (of the eyes ) inflamed or tinged with blood, typically as a result of tiredness.
blood sport
blood sport |ˈbləd ˌspɔrt | ▶noun (usu. blood sports ) a sport involving the shedding of blood, esp. the hunting or killing of animals: cockfighting, bullfighting, fox hunting, and other blood sports | figurative : politics is a blood sport.
bloodstain
blood stain |ˈblədˌstān ˈblədˌsteɪn | ▶noun a stain or a spot caused by blood. DERIVATIVES blood stained adjective
bloodstock
blood stock |ˈblədˌstäk ˈblədˌstɑk | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] thoroughbred horses considered collectively.
bloodstone
blood stone |ˈblədˌstōn ˈblədstoʊn | ▶noun a type of green chalcedony spotted or streaked with red, used as a gemstone.
bloodstream
blood stream |ˈblədˌstrēm ˈblədˌstrim | ▶noun [ in sing. ] the blood circulating through the body of a person or animal.
bloodsucker
blood suck er |ˈblədˌsəkər ˈblədˌsəkər | ▶noun 1 an animal or insect that sucks blood, esp. a leech or a mosquito. 2 a long-tailed arboreal Asian lizard that carries its head in a raised position. Its ability to change color is most marked in the male, whose head and shoulders become bright red when excited. [Calotes versicolor, family Agamidae. ] 3 a person who extorts money. • a person who lives off others; a parasite. DERIVATIVES blood suck ing |-ˌsəkiNG |adjective
blood sugar
blood sug ar |ˈbləd ˌʃʊɡər | ▶noun the concentration of glucose in the blood.
blood test
blood test |ˈbləd ˌtɛst | ▶noun a scientific examination of a sample of blood, typically for the diagnosis of illness or for the detection and measurement of drugs or other substances.
bloodthirsty
blood thirst y |ˈblədˌTHərstē ˈblədˌθərsti | ▶adjective ( bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest ) eager to shed blood: a bloodthirsty dictator. • (of a story or movie ) containing or depicting much violence: a bloodthirsty novel. DERIVATIVES blood thirst i ly |-stəlē |adverb, blood thirst i ness noun
blood transfusion
blood trans fu sion |bləd træn (t )sˈfjuʒən | ▶noun Medicine the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another.
blood type
blood type ▶noun another term for blood group.
blood typing
blood typ ing ▶noun the testing of a sample of blood to determine an individual's blood group.
blood vessel
blood ves sel |ˈbləd ˌvɛsəl | ▶noun a tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.
bloodwood
blood wood |ˈblədˌwo͝od ˈblədwʊd | ▶noun any of a number of hardwood trees with deep red timber, in particular: [● an Australian gum tree (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae, in particular E. gummifera ). ● a tree of the Old World tropics (genus Pterocarpus, family Leguminosae ).]
bloodworm
blood worm |ˈblədwərm | ▶noun 1 the bright red aquatic larva of a nonbiting midge, the blood of which contains hemoglobin that allows it to live in poorly oxygenated water. [Genus Chironomus, family Chironomidae. ] 2 another term for tubifex.
bloodwort
blood wort |ˈblədˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈblədwərt | ▶noun any of various plants having red roots or leaves, esp. the red-veined dock.
bloody
blood y 1 |ˈblədē ˈblədi | ▶adjective (bloodier, bloodiest ) 1 covered, smeared, or running with blood: a bloody body. • composed of or resembling blood: a bloody discharge. 2 involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty: a bloody coup | the bloody tyrannies of Europe. ▶verb ( bloodies, bloodying, bloodied ) [ with obj. ] cover or stain with blood: he ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered | figurative : she has been bloodied in her three years on the commission. PHRASES bloody (or bloodied ) but unbowed proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses. DERIVATIVES blood i ly |ˈblədəlē |adverb, blood i ness noun ORIGIN Old English blōdig (see blood, -y 1 ).
bloody
blood y 2 |ˈblədi ˈblədē | ▶adjective 1 [ attrib. ] informal, chiefly Brit. used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis: took your bloody time | [ as exclamation ] : bloody Hell! —what was that? | [ as submodifier ] : it's bloody cold outside. 2 Brit. dated unpleasant or perverse: don't be too bloody to poor Jack. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from bloody 1. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the “bloods ” (aristocratic rowdies ) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood ) meant ‘very drunk indeed ’ After the mid 18th cent. until quite recently, bloody used as a swearword was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of “by Our Lady ”; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases such as bloody battle merely referring to bloodshed.
Bloody Assizes
Bloody Assizes the trials of the supporters of the Duke of Monmouth after their defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor, held in SW England in 1685. The government's representative, Judge Jeffreys, sentenced several hundred rebels to death and about 1,000 others to transportation to America as plantation slaves.
Bloody Mary
Blood y Mar y 1 |ˈblədi ˈmɛri | the nickname of Mary I of England (see Mary 2 ).
Bloody Mary
Blood y Mar y 2 |ˈblədi ˈmɛri | ▶noun a drink consisting of vodka and seasoned tomato juice.
bloody-minded
blood y-mind ed |ˈblədi maɪndɪd | ▶adjective Brit. informal deliberately uncooperative. DERIVATIVES blood y-mind ed ly adverb, blood y-mind ed ness noun
bloody-nosed beetle
bloody-nosed bee ¦tle ▶noun a large black leaf beetle which exudes a red liquid from its mouth and leg joints when disturbed. ●Genus Timarcha, family Chrysomelidae.
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sun ¦day |blʌdiˈsʌndeɪ | 1 (in Northern Ireland ) 30 January 1972, when British troops shot dead thirteen marchers in Londonderry who were protesting against the government's policy of internment. 2 (in Britain ) 13 November 1887, when police violently broke up a socialist demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, against the British government's Irish policy. 3 (in Russia ) 9 January 1905 (22 January in the New Style calendar ), when troops attacked and killed hundreds of unarmed workers who had gathered in St Petersburg to present a petition to the tsar.
Oxford Dictionary
Blood
Blood |blʌd | ▶noun ( pl. same or Bloods ) a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Blackfoot Confederacy.
blood
blood |blʌd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 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: drops of blood. • an internal bodily fluid in invertebates which performs a similar function to blood in humans and other vertebrates. • ( bloods ) blood samples or tests: his bloods were normal . a nurse was out on the corridor taking bloods from the patients. Blood consists of a mildly alkaline aqueous fluid (plasma ) containing red cells (erythrocytes ), white cells (leucocytes ), and platelets; it is red when oxygenated and purple when deoxygenated. Red blood cells carry the protein haemoglobin, which gives blood its colour and can combine with oxygen, thus enabling the blood to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. White blood cells protect the body against the invasion of foreign agents (e.g. bacteria ). Platelets and other factors present in plasma are concerned in the clotting of blood, preventing haemorrhage. In medieval science and medicine, blood was regarded as one of the four bodily humours, believed to be associated with a confident and optimistic temperament. 2 violence involving bloodshed: a commando operation full of blood and danger. 3 fiery or passionate temperament: a ritual that fires up his blood. 4 [ with modifier ] family background; descent or lineage: she must have Irish blood in her. • [ count noun ] a person of specified descent: a mixed blood. • [ count noun ] US informal a fellow black person. 5 [ count noun ] dated a fashionable and dashing young man: a group of young bloods. ▶verb [ with obj. ] chiefly Brit. 1 initiate (someone ) in a particular activity: clubs are too slow to blood young players. 2 Hunting smear the face of (a novice ) with the blood of the kill. • give (a hound ) a first taste of blood. PHRASES be like getting blood out of (or from ) a stone (N. Amer. also turnip ) be extremely difficult (said in reference to obtaining something from someone ): getting a story out of her is like getting blood out of a stone! blood and guts informal violence and bloodshed, especially in fiction. blood and thunder informal unrestrained and violent action or behaviour. blood is thicker than water proverb family relationships and loyalties are the strongest and most important ones. one's blood is up one is in a fighting mood. blood, sweat, and tears extremely hard work; unstinting effort. blood will tell proverb family characteristics cannot be concealed. first blood 1 the first shedding of blood, especially in a boxing match or formerly in duelling with swords. 2 the first point or advantage gained in a contest: King drew first blood when he took the opening set. give blood allow blood to be removed medically from one's body in order to be stored for use in transfusions. have blood on one's hands be responsible for someone's death. in one's blood ingrained in or fundamental to one's character: racing is in his blood. make someone's blood boil informal infuriate someone. make someone's blood run cold horrify someone. new (or fresh ) blood new members admitted to a group, especially as an invigorating force. of the blood ( royal ) literary royal. out for ( someone's ) blood set on getting revenge. taste blood achieve an early success that stimulates further efforts: the speculators have tasted blood and could force a devaluation of the currency. young blood a younger member or members of a group, especially as an invigorating force. ORIGIN Old English blōd, of Germanic origin; related to German Blut and Dutch bloed.
blood bank
blood bank ▶noun a place where supplies of blood or plasma for transfusion are stored.
bloodbath
blood |bath |ˈblʌdbɑːθ | ▶noun an event or situation in which many people are killed in an extremely violent way.
blood boosting
blood boost |ing ▶noun another term for blood doping.
blood-borne
blood-borne ▶adjective (of a disease, bacterium, virus, etc. ) carried by the blood.
blood–brain barrier
blood –brain bar |rier ▶noun Anatomy a semipermeable membrane separating the blood from the cerebrospinal fluid, and constituting a barrier to the passage of cells, particles, and large molecules.
blood brother
blood brother ▶noun a man who has sworn to treat another man as a brother, typically by a ceremonial mingling of blood.
blood cell
blood cell ▶noun any of the kinds of cell normally found circulating in the blood.
blood clot
blood clot ▶noun a gelatinous or semisolid mass of coagulated blood.
blood count
blood count ▶noun a determination of the number of corpuscles in a specific volume of blood. • the number of corpuscles found during a blood count : a low blood count.
blood-curdling
blood-curdling ▶adjective causing or expressing terror or horror: a blood-curdling scream.
blood donor
blood donor ▶noun a person who gives blood for transfusion.
blood doping
blood dop ¦ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete before an event in an (illegal ) attempt to enhance athletic performance.
blooded
blood ¦ed |ˈblʌdɪd | ▶adjective 1 [ usu. in combination ] having blood or a temperament of a specified kind: thin-blooded. 2 chiefly N. Amer. (of horses or cattle ) of good pedigree: a blooded stallion.
blood feud
blood feud ▶noun a lengthy conflict between families involving a cycle of retaliatory killings.
blood film
blood film ▶noun a specimen of blood on a glass slide, used for microscopic investigation of possible abnormalities or pathogens.
bloodfin
blood |fin ▶noun a small South American freshwater fish that is silvery yellow with bright red fins, popular in aquaria. ●Aphyocharax rubripinnis, family Characidae.
blood fluke
blood fluke ▶noun another term for schistosome.
blood group
blood group ▶noun any of the various types of human blood whose antigen characteristics determine compatibility in transfusion. The best-known blood groups are those of the ABO system.
bloodguilt
blood guilt |ˈblədˌgilt ˈblədɡɪlt | ▶noun guilt resulting from murder or bloodshed. DERIVATIVES blood guilt i ness noun, blood guilt y adjective
blood heat
blood heat ▶noun [ mass noun ] the normal body temperature of a healthy human being, about 37 °C or 98.4 °F.
blood horse
blood horse ▶noun dated a thoroughbred horse.
bloodhound
blood |hound |ˈblʌdhaʊnd | ▶noun a large hound of a breed with a very keen sense of smell, used in tracking.
blood knot
blood knot ▶noun a type of knot used by anglers to join two fishing lines.
bloodless
blood |less |ˈblʌdlɪs | ▶adjective 1 (of a revolution or conflict ) without violence or killing: a bloodless coup. 2 (of the skin ) drained of colour: his bloodless lips. • (of a person ) cold or ruthless. • lacking in vitality; feeble: a bloodless chorus. DERIVATIVES bloodlessly adverb, bloodlessness noun
bloodletting
blood |let ¦ting |ˈblʌdlɛtɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 chiefly historical the surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes. 2 the violent killing and wounding of people during a war or conflict: gang members have halted their internecine bloodletting. • bitter division and quarrelling within an organization.
bloodline
blood |line |ˈblʌdlʌɪn | ▶noun an animal's set of ancestors or pedigree, especially with reference to the desirable characteristics bred into it. • a set of ancestors or line of descent of an important person.
bloodlust
blood |lust |ˈblʌdlʌst | ▶noun [ mass noun ] uncontrollable desire to kill or maim others.
blood meal
blood meal ▶noun [ mass noun ] dried blood used for feeding animals and as a fertilizer.
bloodmobile
blood mo bile |ˈblədməˌbēl ˌblədməˈbil | ▶noun a motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from volunteer donors.
blood money
blood money ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 money paid in compensation to the family of someone who has been killed. 2 money paid to a hired killer. • money paid for information about a killer or killing.
blood orange
blood or ¦ange ▶noun an orange of a variety with red or red-streaked flesh.
blood poisoning
blood poi ¦son |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood, causing a diseased state; septicaemia.
blood pressure
blood pres |sure ▶noun [ mass noun ] the pressure of the blood in the circulatory system, often measured for diagnosis since it is closely related to the force and rate of the heartbeat and the diameter and elasticity of the arterial walls.
blood pudding
blood pudding (also chiefly N. Amer. blood sausage ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] black pudding.
blood red
blood red ▶noun [ mass noun ] a deep red: [ as modifier ] : a blood-red lipstick.
blood relation
blood relation (also blood relative ) ▶noun a person who is related to another by birth rather than by marriage.
bloodroot
blood |root ▶noun 1 a North American plant of the poppy family, which has white flowers and fleshy underground rhizomes which exude red sap when cut. ●Sanguinaria canadensis, family Papaveraceae. 2 a lily-like Australian plant with a red rhizome which is roasted and eaten by some Aborigines. ●Haemodorum coccineum, family Haemodoraceae.
blood sausage
blood saus |age ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. another term for blood pudding.
bloodshed
blood |shed |ˈblʌdʃɛd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the killing or wounding of people, typically on a large scale during a conflict.
bloodshot
blood |shot |ˈblʌdʃɒt | ▶adjective (of the eyes ) inflamed or tinged with blood, typically as a result of tiredness.
blood sport
blood sport ▶noun (usu. blood sports ) a sport involving the hunting, wounding, or killing of animals.
bloodstain
blood |stain |ˈblʌdsteɪn | ▶noun a mark or discoloration on fabric or a surface caused by blood.
bloodstained
blood |stained |ˈblʌdsteɪnd | ▶adjective marked or covered with blood.
bloodstock
blood |stock |ˈblʌdstɒk | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] thoroughbred horses considered collectively.
bloodstone
blood |stone |ˈblʌdstəʊn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a green gemstone that is spotted or streaked with red, consisting of a variety of chalcedony.
bloodstream
blood |stream |ˈblʌdstriːm | ▶noun [ in sing. ] the blood circulating through the body of a person or animal.
bloodsucker
blood |suck ¦er |ˈblʌdsʌkə | ▶noun 1 an animal or insect that sucks blood, especially a leech or a mosquito. 2 a long-tailed arboreal Asian lizard which carries its head in a raised position. The head and shoulders of the male become bright red when it is excited. ●Calotes versicolor, family Agamidae. 3 informal a person who extorts money or otherwise lives off other people. DERIVATIVES bloodsucking adjective
blood sugar
blood sugar ▶noun [ mass noun ] the concentration of glucose in the blood.
blood test
blood test ▶noun a scientific examination of a sample of blood, typically for the diagnosis of illness or for the detection and measurement of drugs or other substances.
bloodthirsty
blood |thirsty |ˈblʌdθəːsti | ▶adjective ( bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest ) having or showing a desire to kill and maim: a bloodthirsty dictator. • (of a story or film ) containing or depicting much violence. DERIVATIVES bloodthirstily adverb, bloodthirstiness noun
blood transfusion
blood trans |fu ¦sion ▶noun an injection of a volume of blood, previously taken from a healthy person, into a patient.
blood typing
blood typ ing ▶noun the testing of a sample of blood to determine an individual's blood group.
blood vessel
blood ves ¦sel ▶noun a tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.
bloodwood
blood |wood ▶noun any of a number of hardwood trees with deep red timber, in particular: ● an Australian gum tree (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae, in particular E. gummifera ). ● a tree of the Old World tropics (genus Pterocarpus, family Leguminosae ), including kiaat.
bloodworm
blood |worm |ˈblʌdwəːm | ▶noun 1 the bright red aquatic larva of a non-biting midge, the blood of which contains haemoglobin that allows it to live in poorly oxygenated water. ●Genus Chironomus, family Chironomidae. 2 another term for tubifex.
bloodwort
bloodwort ▶noun any of various plants having red roots or leaves.
bloody
bloody 1 |ˈblʌdi | ▶adjective ( bloodier, bloodiest ) 1 covered, smeared, or running with blood: his bloody hands. • composed of or resembling blood: a bloody discharge. 2 involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty: a bloody coup | the bloody tyrannies of Europe. ▶verb ( bloodies, bloodying, bloodied ) [ with obj. ] cover or stain with blood. PHRASES bloody (or bloodied ) but unbowed proud of what one has achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses. DERIVATIVES bloodily adverb, bloodiness noun ORIGIN Old English blōdig (see blood, -y 1 ).
bloody
bloody 2 |ˈblʌdi | ▶adjective ( bloodier, bloodiest ) informal, chiefly Brit. 1 [ attrib. ] used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis: you took your bloody time | [ as exclamation ] : bloody Hell! —what was that? | [ as submodifier ] : it's bloody cold outside. 2 dated unpleasant or perverse: don't be too bloody to poor Nigel. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from bloody 1. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the ‘bloods ’ (aristocratic rowdies ) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood ) meant ‘very drunk indeed ’. After the mid 18th cent. until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of ‘by Our Lady ’; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely referring to bloodshed.
Bloody Assizes
Bloody Assizes the trials of the supporters of the Duke of Monmouth after their defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor, held in SW England in 1685. The government's representative, Judge Jeffreys, sentenced several hundred rebels to death and about 1,000 others to transportation to America as plantation slaves.
bloody hand
bloody hand ▶noun Heraldry another term for red hand.
Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary 1 |blʌdiˈmɛəri | the nickname of Mary I of England (see Mary 2 ).
Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary 2 |blʌdiˈmɛəri | ▶noun ( pl. Bloody Marys ) a drink consisting of vodka and tomato juice.
bloody-minded
bloody-minded ▶adjective Brit. informal deliberately uncooperative. DERIVATIVES bloody-mindedly adverb, bloody-mindedness noun
bloody-nosed beetle
bloody-nosed bee ¦tle ▶noun a large black leaf beetle which exudes a red liquid from its mouth and leg joints when disturbed. ●Genus Timarcha, family Chrysomelidae.
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sun ¦day |blʌdiˈsʌndeɪ | 1 (in Northern Ireland ) 30 January 1972, when British troops shot dead thirteen marchers in Londonderry who were protesting against the government's policy of internment. 2 (in Britain ) 13 November 1887, when police violently broke up a socialist demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, against the British government's Irish policy. 3 (in Russia ) 9 January 1905 (22 January in the New Style calendar ), when troops attacked and killed hundreds of unarmed workers who had gathered in St Petersburg to present a petition to the tsar.
American Oxford Thesaurus
blood
blood noun 1 he had lost too much blood: plasma, vital fluid, gore; literary lifeblood, ichor. 2 a woman of noble blood: ancestry, lineage, bloodline, descent, parentage, family, birth, extraction, origin, genealogy, heritage, stock, kinship. WORD LINKS hematology the branch of medicine concerned with blood Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
blood-curdling
blood-curdling adjective a blood-curdling scream: terrifying, frightening, bone-chilling, spine-tingling, chilling, hair-raising, horrifying, alarming; eerie, sinister, horrible; informal spooky.
bloodless
bloodless adjective 1 a bloodless revolution: nonviolent, peaceful, peaceable, pacifist. ANTONYMS bloody, violent. 2 his face was bloodless: anemic, pale, wan, pallid, ashen, colorless, chalky, waxen, white, gray, pasty, drained, drawn, deathly. ANTONYMS ruddy. 3 a bloodless production: feeble, spiritless, lifeless, listless, halfhearted, unenthusiastic, lukewarm. ANTONYMS powerful.
bloodshed
bloodshed noun the renewed threat of bloodshed and violence: slaughter, massacre, killing, wounding; carnage, butchery, bloodletting, bloodbath; violence, fighting, warfare; literary slaying.
bloodthirsty
bloodthirsty adjective bloodthirsty Vikings: murderous, homicidal, violent, vicious, barbarous, barbaric, savage, brutal, cutthroat; fierce, ferocious, inhuman.
bloody
bloody adjective 1 his bloody nose: bleeding. 2 bloody medical waste: bloodstained, blood-soaked, gory; archaic sanguinary. 3 a bloody civil war: vicious, ferocious, savage, fierce, brutal, murderous, barbarous, gory; archaic sanguinary. 4 Brit. informal a bloody nuisance! See damned (sense 2 ).
Oxford Thesaurus
blood
blood noun 1 there was blood streaming from a wound in his head: gore, lifeblood, vital fluid; literary ichor. 2 a woman of noble blood: ancestry, lineage, line, bloodline, descent, parentage, family, house, dynasty, birth, extraction, derivation, origin, genealogy, heritage, breeding, stock, strain, race, pedigree, roots, kinship, consanguinity. 3 my daughter defies me —my own flesh and blood! | relations by blood or marriage: kin, kindred, relation, member of one's family, next of kin; blood relationship, relationship, kinship; formal kinsman, kinswoman. WORD LINKS blood haem- related prefix, as in haemodialysis haemat- related prefix, as in haematocele haemal relating to blood, haemic, haematic, sanguineous ( archaic ) relating to blood haematology branch of medicine to do with the blood oscillometry, sphygmomanometry measurement of blood pressure haemophobia fear of blood Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
blood-curdling
blood-curdling adjective a blood-curdling scream: terrifying, frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, chilling, horrifying, petrifying, alarming, shocking, scaring; eerie, sinister, fearsome, horrific, horrible, horrendous, fearful, appalling; Scottish eldritch; informal spooky, scary, creepy.
bloodless
bloodless adjective 1 a bloodless revolution: non-violent, peaceful, peaceable, pacifistic, strife-free, non-warlike, harmonious; orderly, disciplined. ANTONYMS bloody, violent. 2 his face was bloodless: anaemic, pale, wan, pallid, ashen, colourless, chalky, chalk-white, milky, waxen, white, grey; pasty, sallow, jaundiced, washed out, sickly, peaked, drained, sapped, drawn, deathly, deathlike, ghostlike, white as a sheet; informal peaky; rare etiolated. ANTONYMS ruddy. 3 a shrewd and bloodless Hollywood mogul: heartless, unfeeling, cruel; ruthless, merciless, pitiless, cold, hard, stony-hearted, stony, with a heart of stone, cold-blooded, cold-hearted; harsh, callous, severe, unmerciful, unpitying, uncaring, unsympathetic, uncharitable. ANTONYMS warm-hearted, charitable. 4 the bloodless flimsiness of modern fiction: feeble, spiritless, lifeless, passionless, listless, limp, unanimated, languid, half-hearted, unenthusiastic, lukewarm; bland, vapid, wishy-washy. ANTONYMS powerful.
bloodshed
bloodshed noun the president feared bloodshed and disorder if the demands for reform were not met: slaughter, slaying, killing, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodletting, bloodbath, gore, pogrom, genocide; violence, fighting, hostilities, conflict, warfare, war, battle; wounding, injury. ANTONYMS peace.
bloodthirsty
bloodthirsty adjective a bloodthirsty Viking: murderous, homicidal, violent, sadistic, warlike, bellicose, bloody; vicious, ruthless, callous, heartless, merciless, barbarous, barbaric, savage, brutal, cut-throat; fierce, ferocious, inhuman; archaic sanguinary. ANTONYMS peaceful.
bloody
bloody 1 adjective 1 he wiped his bloody nose: bleeding, shedding blood, emitting blood, unstaunched, raw, gaping. 2 the disposal of bloody medical waste: bloodstained, bloodsoaked, blood-spattered, gory; archaic sanguinary. 3 a bloody civil war: involving bloodshed, gory, bloodthirsty; vicious, cruel, ferocious, savage, fierce, brutal, murderous; archaic sanguinary.
bloody
bloody 2 adjective informal what a bloody nuisance! See damned (sense 2 ).
bloody-minded
bloody-minded adjective Brit. informal a truculent, bloody-minded shop steward: uncooperative, unreasonable, contrary, unhelpful, awkward, obstructive, truculent, recalcitrant, unaccommodating, unyielding, inflexible, uncompromising, unbending, refractory, disobliging, obstinate, stubborn, perverse, not giving an inch; difficult, exasperating, trying; Scottish thrawn; informal pig-headed, cussed; Brit. informal bolshie, stroppy; N. Amer. informal balky. ANTONYMS compliant.
Duden Dictionary
Bloody Mary
Bloo dy Ma ry Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈbladi ˈmɛri |die Bloody Mary; Genitiv: der Bloody Mary, Bloody Marys englisch, eigentlich = Blutmarie, nach der roten Farbe in Anspielung auf den volkstümlichen Beinamen, den die englische Königin Maria I. (1516 –1558 ) wegen ihrer rigorosen Rekatholisierungspolitik erhalten hatte Mixgetränk aus Tomatensaft und Wodka
Spanish Dictionary
bloody mary
bloody mary nombre masculino Cóctel que se prepara con vodka y jugo de tomate; se le suele añadir pimienta y sal .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés bloody mary , sustantivación de Bloody Mary "María la Sanguinaria ", apodo de María Tudor (1516 -58 ), reina de Inglaterra y de Escocia, que restableció el catolicismo durante su reinado (1553 -58 ), puso en vigor las leyes que castigaban la herejía y persiguió a los protestantes. El término, pues, se debe a la asociación del color del cóctel con el rojo de la sangre (blood ).Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘blodi meri ’.El plural es bloody marys .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
blood
blood /blʌd / (! -oo-は /ʌ /) (動 )bleed, (形 )bloody 名詞 1 U 血 , 血液 ▸ give [donate ] blood 献血する ▸ draw blood 流血させる, 血を流す ▸ his blood alcohol level 彼の血中アルコール濃度 ▸ The blood drained from [rushed to ] his face .彼の顔から血の気がさーっと引いた [が紅潮した ]2 U 〖通例修飾語を伴って 〗血統 , 家系 ▸ be related by blood 血縁関係にある ▸ have Asian blood アジア人の血を引いている ▸ Blood is thicker than water .｟ことわざ ｠血は水よりも濃い ; 血縁のきずなが一番かたい ▸ Blood will tell .｟ことわざ ｠血は争えない 3 U 体液 ; 樹液 .4 U 流血 , 暴力 ▸ blood and guts ｟くだけて ｠(映画などの )暴力場面 5 U ｟比喩的に ｠血気, 情熱 ▸ His blood was up .｟主に英 ｠彼は怒りの闘志を燃やしていた 6 C ｟英 やや古 ｠若者 , (血気盛んな )青年 ; 粋 （いき ）な若者 .7 C ｟米俗 ｠〖時に呼びかけで 〗黒人 (男性 ).be after [ò ut for ] A's bl ó od A 〈人 〉を激しく憎んでいる ; Aに仕返しがしたい .be b à ying for (A's ) bl ó od 〈群衆などが 〉 (A 〈人 〉の )厳罰 [敗北 ]を要求している .be [r ù n ] in A's [the ] bl ó od [g é nes ]〈性向 才能などが 〉A 〈人 〉の家系にある [流れる ]ものである, Aの親譲りである .be too rich for one's bl ó od ｟米 ｠自分には高価すぎる .bl ò od on the c á rpet (人間関係の )深刻なわだかまり .bl ò od, sw è at, and t é ars 並々ならぬ苦労 .b ù rst a bl ó od vessel ｟話 ｠激怒する .dr à w bl ó od 1 〈事 物 人が 〉【体の部位 人から 】流血させる «from » .2 (怒り 興奮 恥ずかしさで )〈人を 〉かっかさせる .dr à w f ì rst bl ó od ｟主に英 ｠〈試合などで 〉先制 [先勝 ]する .h à ve A's bl ò od on one's h á nds A 〈人 〉の死 [不幸 ]に責任がある ; Aの死 [不幸 ]は自分のせいだ .in c ò ld bl ó od 冷酷に, 残忍なやり方で ; 平然と .(It's ) like g è tting bl ó od out of [from ] a st ó ne [t ú rnip ].(まるで石 [カブ ]から血を取るようなもので )まず無理だ (!だれかに金を出させる [話をさせる ]のが無理なときにいう ) .m à ke A's bl ò od b ó il ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉を激怒させる .m à ke A's bl ò od run [go, turn ] c ó ld 〈物 事が 〉A 〈人 〉をぞっとさせる, 恐怖に陥れる .sm è ll [｟英 ｠sc è nt ] bl ó od やりこめるチャンスをうかがう ; 弱みにつけこむ .sp ì ll (A's ) bl ó od ｟文 ｠(A 〈人 〉を )死なせる, 殺す ; 傷つける .st ì r the [one's ] bl ó od 血を沸かせる .sw è at bl ó od ｟くだけて ｠1 «…のために » 大変な努力をする «for » .2 とても心配する .t à ste bl ó od 〈猟犬が 〉血の味を知る ; 初めて (成功を )経験する .to the l à st dr ò p of one's bl ó od 命のある限り .動詞 他動詞 1 ｟英 ｠〈人 〉に新しいことをさせる ; 初めてのつらさを味わわせる .2 〈猟犬 〉に初めて血を味わわせる .～́ b à nk 血液銀行 .～́ b à th ＝bloodbath .～̀ br ó ther 1 実の兄弟 .2 血の契りを交わした仲間, 義兄弟 .～́ c è ll 血球 .～̀ cl ó t 血栓, 凝血塊 .～́ c ò unt 血球数測定 [値 ].～́ don à tion 献血 .～́ d ò nor 献血者 .～́ dr ì ve 集団献血 .～́ f è ud (長年にわたる )異家族間の流血抗争 .～́ gr ò up ｟英 ｠＝blood type .～́ h è at 血温 〘人間の場合は約37度 〙.～́ m ò ney 1 殺しの報酬 .2 殺された人の遺族への賠償金 .～́ ò range ブラッドオレンジ 〘果肉が赤い 〙.～́ pl à sma 〘解剖 〙血漿 （けつしよう ）.～́ p ò isoning 〘医 〙敗血症 .～́ pr è ssure 血圧 .～́ pr ò duct 血液製剤 .～́ r è d (鮮血のような )赤色 .～́ rel à tion [r è lative ]血族, 血縁 .～̀ r ó yal 王族, 皇族 .～̀ s á usage [p ú dding ]＝black pudding .～́ s è rum 〘解剖 〙血清 .～́ sp ò rt 動物を殺すスポーツ 〘闘牛 狩猟など 〙.～́ s ù gar 〘生化 〙血糖 .～́ t è st 血液検査 .～́ transf ù sion 輸血 .～́ t ỳ pe ｟主に米 ｠血液型 (｟英 ｠blood group ) 〘英米では血液型占いは一般的ではない 〙.～́ v è ssel 血管 .
blood-and-guts
bl ò od-and-g ú ts 形容詞 ｟米 くだけて ｠〈小説 映画などで 〉暴力 流血場面の多い ; 〈戦いなどが 〉死闘の .
blood-and-thunder
bl ò od-and-th ú nder 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗｟英 くだけて ｠暴力場面が多い 〈映画 小説など 〉, 血なまぐさい ; 扇情的な 〈人 (の態度 )〉.
bloodbath
bl ó od b à th 名詞 C 〖単数形で 〗大量殺戮 （りく ）(massacre ), 流血戦 ; 大不況, 大量解雇 .
blood-curdling
bl ó od-c ù rdling 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗血も凍るほど恐ろしい, ぞっとする, 身の毛もよだつような .
bloodhound
bl ó od h ò und 名詞 C 1 ブラッドハウンド 〘嗅覚の鋭い大型犬で警察犬 猟犬として使われる 〙.2 執拗 （しつよう ）な追っ手 .
bloodless
bl ó od less 形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗無血の (↔bloody )▸ a bloodless coup 無血クーデター 2 〈人 (の体の一部 )が 〉青ざめた, 血の気のない (pale 1 ); 貧血の .3 冷酷な, 血も涙もない (cold ).4 ｟米 ｠活力 [元気 ]のない .B -̀ Revol ú tion 〖the ～〗〘英史 〙無血革命 (English [Glorious ] Revolution ) 〘1688 --89 〙.～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞
bloodletting
bl ó od l è tting 名詞 U 1 殺戮 （りく ）, 殺傷 (bloodshed ); (対立するグループ間の )反目 .2 〘医 〙放血 〘病人の悪い血を抜く昔の治療法 〙.3 人員の削減 .
bloodline
bl ó od l ì ne 名詞 U (人 動物の )血統 ; 祖先 ; (先祖から受け継ぐ )特徴 .
bloodlust
bl ó od l ù st 名詞 U 暴力 殺人への強い欲望, 残忍性 .
blood-red
bl ò od-r é d 形容詞 血のように赤い .
bloodshed
bl ó od sh è d 名詞 U 殺戮 （りく ）; 流血 (の惨事 ), 殺傷 .
bloodshot
bl ó od sh ò t 形容詞 〈目が 〉充血した, 血走った .
bloodstain
bl ó od st à in 名詞 C 血の染み, 血痕 （こん ）.
bloodstained
bl ó od st à ined 形容詞 血まみれの ; 殺人の罪を犯した .
bloodstock
bl ó od st ò ck 名詞 U (競馬用 )サラブレッド (の総称 ).
bloodstone
bl ó od st ò ne 名詞 C 血石 〘3月の誕生石; →birthstone 〙
bloodstream
bl ó od str è am 名詞 C 〖通例単数形で; the /one's ～〗(体内を循環する )血液, 血流 .
bloodsucker
bl ó od s ù cker 名詞 C 1 吸血動物 [虫 ]; ヒル (leech ).2 ｟くだけて 否定的に ｠たかり, 搾取者, 居候 （いそうろう ）.
bloodthirsty
bl ó od th ì rsty 形容詞 1 血に飢えた, 残虐な .2 〈映画 本などが 〉流血 暴力場面が多い .bl ó od th ì rstily 副詞 bl ó od th ì rstiness 名詞
bloody
blood y /blʌ́di /(動 )bleed, (名 ) blood 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 血の ; 血まみれの 〈ナイフなど 〉; 出血している 〈手など 〉▸ have a bloody nose 鼻血が出ている 2 血なまぐさい , 流血の, 悲惨な 〈戦闘など 〉; 残虐な, むごい 〈殺人 (鬼 )など 〉▸ a bloody battle 血みどろの戦い 3 ｟主に英 くだけた話 ｠ひどい , いまいましい (!ややぞんざいな強意語 ) ▸ Bloody hell !なんてこった ▸ You bloody fool .この大ばか者め ▸ I can't see a bloody thing .ちっとも見えないじゃん bl ò ody [bl ò odied ] but unb ó wed ｟主に米 ｠やられたが負けてはいない, へこたれない .副詞 比較なし ｟主に英 くだけた話 ｠すごく, やたらに 〈ひどい 寒いなど 〉 (!ややぞんざいな強意語 ) ▸ bloody good [awful ]超最高 [最悪 ]▸ Not bloody likely .絶対ないね [いやなこった ]▸ You're bloody well right .まったくそのとおり 動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈人 鼻など 〉を出血させる, 血まみれにする (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 〖be -ied 〗〈人 市場などが 〉損害を受ける, 痛手を負う .B -̀ M á ry 1 ブラディーメリー 〘ウォッカとトマトジュースのカクテル 〙.2 ＝Mary 5a .B -̀ S ú nday 〖the ～〗血の日曜日 (事件 ) 〘(1 )1972年北アイルランドで英軍がデモ隊13人を射殺. (2 )1905年ロシアで軍が労働者を殺戮 （りく ）〙.bl ó od i ly 副詞 残忍に ; 悲惨に ; 血まみれで .bl ó od i ness 名詞 U 血なまぐさいこと ; 残虐さ .
bloody-minded
bl ò ody-m í nd ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠意地悪な, へそ曲がりの ; 残忍な .～ness 名詞 ～ly 副詞
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