blood

  • 51blood*/*/*/ — [blʌd] noun [U] 1) the red liquid that flows around inside your body Oxygen is carried in the blood.[/ex] His face was covered in blood.[/ex] a blood test[/ex] 2) the family, nation, or group that you belong to through your parents and… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 52blood — The sustenance of life that flows through the body of a person and of many animals; the relationship between persons derived from having the blood of a common ancestor. See consanguinity; corruption of blood; full blood; half blood; heirs by… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 53blood — In Hebrew thought blood was the seat of life, or even identified with life, and it therefore had an essential role in sacrifices, which were themselves fundamental in Hebrew society. The priests were consecrated by blood (Exod. 29:19–21); blood… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 54Blood — This picturesque and interesting name of Anglo Saxon origin, has three possible sources, the first being that it is an affectionate term of address for a (blood) relative, Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece. (Chaucer). However, this surname …

    Surnames reference

  • 55blood — see you cannot get blood from a stone blood is thicker than water the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church blood will have blood blood will tell …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 56blood — n 1. fluid, life fluid, Class. Myth. ichor, whole blood; grume, Obs. cruor, gore, plasma; juice, sap, latex, milk. 2. vital principle, vital force, Fr. elan vital. life blood, life, being, vitality. 3. temperament, humor, nature, temper, state of …

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  • 57Blood pH — The acidity or alkalinity of blood. The pH of any fluid is the measure of the hydrogen ion (H ) concentration. A pH of 7 is neutral. The lower the pH, the more acidic the blood. A variety of factors affect blood pH including what is ingested,… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 58blood — 1. n. catsup. □ Somebody pass the blood. □ How ’bout some blood for my burger? 2. Go to blood (brother). 3. n. a black buddy or fellow gang member. (Also a term of address.) □ Hey, blood! Where you been? …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 59Blood —    In discussing Amazonian shamanism, Carlos Fausto notes that to many specialists “the most noticeable fact about this myriad of neoshamanic sites and rites is not its profusion but rather the absence of blood and tobacco.” As Gerardo Reichel… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 60blood is up — (someone s) blood is up if someone s blood is up, they are very angry or excited about something and may act in a violent way. Now Tom s blood was up he ran at Bob waving his fists …

    New idioms dictionary