blood
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys…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.
» There's no blood on the floor.
На полу нет крови.
На підлозі немає крові.
Meaning
14 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Some insects are known for consuming blood.
Blood started to spurt out of his hand due to the wound.
Blut, Bluet, Bluad
кровьkrovʹ, ю́шкаjúška
кровkrov, юха́juxá, ю́хаjúxa
(countable, uncountable)A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
Blut, Blutsbande
кровьkrovʹ, родство́rodstvó, родrod
(uncountable)A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives.
She may not be my blood, but we grew up together, and as far as I'm concerned she's my sister.
(countable, historical, uncountable)One of the four humours in the human body.
(countable, uncountable)The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
(countable, informal)A blood test or blood sample.
кровьkrovʹ, ана́лиз кро́виanáliz króvi
(countable, uncountable)The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
(countable, poetic, uncountable)The juice of anything, especially if red.
(countable, uncountable)A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
temperament or disposition
(countable, uncountable)A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Bloodshed.
They came looking for blood.
(countable, uncountable)A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
Examples
1485 sentencesThere's no blood on the floor.
На підлозі немає крові.
ruНа полу нет крови.
Tom saw blood on the floor.
Том побачив на підлозі кров.
ruТом увидел на полу кровь.
deTom sah Blut auf dem Boden.
How often do you give blood?
Як часто ти здаєш кров?
Tom has blood on his hands.
У Тома руки в крові.
ruУ Тома руки в крови.
We have the same blood type.
У нас однакова група крові.
ruУ нас одинаковая группа крови.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from ProFrom 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".
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Forms
plural: bloodsSynonyms
58 synonyms- a dissolute man in fashionable society:rakerakehellprofligateriproue
- the hereditary derivation of an individual:lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linepedigreeancestry
Word family
231 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- blood pressure
- your blood pressure
- blood type
- high blood pressure
- blood type is
- blood pressure is
- blood on the
- there was blood
- donated blood
- my blood pressure
- lot of blood
- coughing up blood