blood
FromWord family (noun) blood (adjective) bloody (verb) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbloodblood1 /blʌd/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [uncountable] 1 IN YOUR BODYHMMthe that your around your body Her body was found in a pool of blood. Blood oozed from a cut on his forehead. Blood tests proved he was not the father.2 →3 →4 →5 → 6 →7 →8 →9 →10 YOUR FAMILY/GROUPFAMILYthe family to which you from the time that you are There’s Irish blood on his mother’s side.11 → 12 →13 →14 → 15 →16 →17 spoken informal a way of a , used by young men → , → , → COLLOCATIONSverbslose blood (=from a cut or wound)He had lost a lot of blood and was very weak.give/donate blood (=provide blood from your body for the medical treatment of other people)The Health Service is asking for more people to donate blood.draw blood (=make someone bleed)He touched me with the knife and it drew blood.blood flowsA quick walk will get the blood in your legs flowing again.blood trickles (=moves slowly)The blood was beginning to trickle down his leg.blood oozes (=comes out slowly)Blood was oozing from her forehead.be covered in bloodHis face was covered in blood.blood gushes/streams (=moves fast)A man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head.blood clots (=forms a mass and stops flowing)The blood should clot and stop the wound from bleeding.be caked with blood (=covered with dry blood)The cat's fur was caked with blood.be spattered/splattered with blood (=covered with small spots of blood)Today the only sign of violence is the walls spattered with blood.blood + NOUNblood pressure (=the force with which blood moves through your body)High blood pressure increases the risk of a heart attack.somebody's blood type/group (=one of the different types of human blood)What blood type are you?a blood cellThe red blood cells carry oxygen.a blood vessel (=a tube in your body through which blood flows)the blood vessels that lead to the hearta blood clot (=a mass formed when blood dries or sticks together)Blood clots in the legs are potentially fatal.the blood flowFat reduces the blood flow to the surface of the skin.the blood supply (=the blood that flows to a part of the body)the blood supply to the braina blood test (=a test done on your blood to see if you have a disease or another condition)a blood sample (=a small amount of blood taken from your body to test)a blood transfusion (=putting more blood in someone's body for medical reasons)phrasesa drop of bloodPolice found tiny drops of blood in the apartment.loss of bloodShe suffered a massive loss of blood.a pool of bloodA dark pool of blood was spreading from his head.a trickle of bloodA trickle of blood was coming from his nose. Examples from the Corpusblood• There's French blood on his mother's side.• The in blood increases the and an on the heart.• Now there are ways of making that blood isn't used in .• She lost a lot of blood in the .• The it was made from up first when Prometheus' blood down upon the .• During the , blood pressure, and oxygen were every by the .• , a red blood , and blood pressure were also routinely recorded.• In Raynaud's , the blood to the is , leading to of numbness and .• Businesses that up blood and guts at accident must with the state.• I it as if I were still standing there, with blood and and , talking to her.bloodblood2 verb [transitive] British EnglishFIRST to give someone their first experience of an activity, especially a difficult or oneExamples from the Corpusblood• For I am writing this on evening, and already I have been blooded.• He has had a and has been blooded.• In which case it also seems a small price to pay for the next of to be blooded.• It was too long to go without being blooded.• Look how he blooded and ... he didnt them in and for the best.Origin blood Old English blod