1. (

• blood

) 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" ;

2. (

• blood

) temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" ;

3. (

• rake ,
• rakehell ,
• profligate ,
• rip ,
• blood ,
• roue

) a dissolute man in fashionable society ;

4. (

• lineage ,
• line ,
• line_of_descent ,
• descent ,
• bloodline ,
• blood_line ,
• blood ,
• pedigree ,
• ancestry ,
• origin ,
• parentage ,
• stemma ,
• stock ,

) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" ;

5. (

• blood ,

) people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization" ;

1. (

• blood

) smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill ;