Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

    anbluten

  2. (historical)To let blood (from); to bleed.

  3. (transitive)To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against.

More definitions
  • smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

Examples

1485 sentences

  1. There's no blood on the floor.

    На підлозі немає крові. — deniko

    ruНа полу нет крови. — odexed

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  2. Tom saw blood on the floor.

    Том побачив на підлозі кров. — deniko

    ruТом увидел на полу кровь. — marafon

    deTom sah Blut auf dem Boden. — Djabby

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  3. How often do you give blood?

    Як часто ти здаєш кров? — deniko

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  4. Tom has blood on his hands.

    У Тома руки в крові. — Ahha

    ruУ Тома руки в крови. — marafon

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  5. We have the same blood type.

    У нас однакова група крові. — deniko

    ruУ нас одинаковая группа крови. — Wezel

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause to be covered with blood:

Origin

From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Pro

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".

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Forms

bloods, blooding, blooded, blooded
Base formblood · to blood
3rd person singularbloods
Present participleblooding
Past simpleblooded
Past participleblooded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblood
he, she, itbloods

Past simpleLesson

all personsblooded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blooded
he, she, ithas blooded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blood

Word family

2 related words
Derivedblood inblood out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blondblondiebloodbathbloodhoundbloodlessbloodshed

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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