BLOOD

/blʊd/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 10

Scrabble letter values: B₃L₁O₁O₁D₂ = 8

Definition

verb smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill.
noun the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets.
noun temperament or disposition.
noun a dissolute man in fashionable society. — synonyms: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, roue
noun the descendants of one individual. — synonyms: lineage, line, line_of_descent, descent, bloodline, blood_line, pedigree, ancestry
noun people viewed as members of a group.

“blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products”
“the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions”
“a person of hot blood”