blood

Meanings

• the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
  • "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"
  • "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
• temperament or disposition
  • "a person of hot blood"
• a dissolute man in fashionable society
• the descendants of one individual
• people viewed as members of a group
  • "we need more young blood in this organization"
• smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

Synonyms

ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue, stemma, stock