Meaning of blood In English

• 0 the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes waste products:

  • He lost a lot of blood in the accident.

• 1 family relationship by birth rather than marriage:

  • They are related by blood.

  • She has Russian blood (= one or more of her relatives was Russian).

• 2 to give someone their first experience of something:

  • They decided to blood him in the international team at the age of only 18.

• 3 the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart and that is necessary for life:

  • He lost a lot of blood in the accident.

• 4 a person’s relationship to a family or a nation by birth rather than by marriage:

  • They are related by blood.

  • She has Russian blood in her veins.

• 5 related by birth:

  • blood relatives

  • a blood brother