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Commonblood
The correct spelling is blood.
How to pronounce blood
/blʊd/
nounIPA: /blʊd/
Say it like: Bloo-d
The correct spelling is blood. A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods. For example: "The cultists gathered around a chalice of blood."
Usage Examples
“The cultists gathered around a chalice of blood.”
“They came looking for blood.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods.
- 2.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.
- 3.A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
- 4.One of the four humours in the human body.
- 5.A blood test or blood sample.
verb
- 1.To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- 2.To let blood (from); to bleed.
- 3.To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
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