1. The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
   "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
    
2. The hereditary derivation of an individual
   "The horse's blood line could be traced back to champion racers";
   - lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
    
3. People viewed as members of a group
   "we need more young blood in this organization"
    
4. Temperament or disposition
   "a person of hot blood"
    
5. [archaic] A dissolute man in fashionable society
   "The young blood squandered his inheritance at the casino";
   - rake, rakehell [archaic], profligate, rip, roué [archaic]

1. Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
   "The tribe blooded the young hunter after his first successful hunt"

Derived forms: blooded, bloods, blooding

Type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, daub, debauchee [archaic], disposition, family tree, genealogy, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], libertine, liquid body substance, people, rounder, smear, temperament

Encyclopedia: Blood, Sweat and Fear