blood

CEFRA2

/blʌd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The red liquid flowing through a person’s body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.

Examples

  • He lost a lot of blood in the accident.

  • Parents who beat their children really make my blood boil.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One of the four humours in the human body.

  2. 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.

  3. The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.

More examples

In context

  • Talent for music runs in their blood.

  • Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.

  • Some insects are known for consuming blood.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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 (...