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blood
English
Alternative forms
- bloud (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English blood, from Old English bl?d, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?d, from Proto-Germanic *bl?þ?, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e "that which bursts out". Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bloud, West Frisian bloed, Dutch bloed, German Blut, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian blod.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bl?d, IPA(key): /bl?d/
- (Northern England) enPR: blo?od, IPA(key): /bl?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Noun
blood (countable and uncountable, plural bloods)
- 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.
- 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).
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maid's Tragedy Altered
- a friend of our own blood
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maid's Tragedy Altered
- (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
- (medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
- The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
- 1841, Benjamin Parsons, Anti-Bacchus, page 95:
- It is no tautology to call the blood of the grape red or purple, because the juice of that fruit was sometimes white and sometimes black or dark. The arterial blood of our bodies is red, but the venous is called "black blood."
- 1901, Levi Leslie Lamborn, American Carnation Culture, fourth edition, page 57:
- Disbudding is merely a species of pruning, and should be done as soon as the lateral buds begin to develop on the cane. It diverts the flow of the plant's blood from many buds into one or a few, thus increasing the size of the flower, [...]
- 1916, John Gordon Dorrance, The Story of the Forest, page 44:
- Look at a leaf. On it are many little raised lines which reach out to all parts of the leaf and back to the stem and twig. These are "veins," full of the tree's blood. It is white and looks very much like water; [...]
- 1841, Benjamin Parsons, Anti-Bacchus, page 95:
- (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
- He washed […] his clothes in the blood of grapes.
- (obsolete) Temper of mind; disposition; mood
- (obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 3:
- […] it was the morning costume of a dandy or blood of those days […]
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 3:
- A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
- (figuratively) Bloodshed.
- They came looking for blood.
- Alternative letter-case form of Blood (member of a certain gang).
Synonyms
- (liquid): purging (when removed)
- (familiar relationship) background, descent, heritage, stock
Hyponyms
- lifeblood
Derived terms
Related terms
- bleed
- bloody mary
- bless
- blessing
Descendants
- ? Greek: ??????? (blánti)
- Torres Strait Creole: blad
Translations
See blood/translations § Noun.
See also
- coagulation
- sanguinary
- sanguine
- hemato-
Verb
blood (third-person singular simple present bloods, present participle blooding, simple past and past participle blooded)
- (transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- The French gentleman and Mr Adderly, at the desire of their commanding officer, had raised up the body of Jones, but as they could perceive but little (if any) sign of life in him, they again let him fall, Adderly damning him for having blooded his wastecoat […]
- (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 121:
- Mr Western, who imputed these symptoms in his daughter to her fall, advised her to be presently blooded by way of prevention.
- 1785, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 212:
- She had been blooded, he said, 12 times in this last fortnight, and had lost 75 ounces of blood, besides undergoing blistering,and other discipline.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 121:
- (transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
Translations
Further reading
- blood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- blood at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- boldo
Dutch
Alternative forms
- blo
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bl?de, from Old Dutch *bl?di, from Frankish *blauthi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (“weak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blo?t/
- Hyphenation: blood
- Rhymes: -o?t
- Homophone: bloot
Adjective
blood (comparative bloder, superlative bloodst)
- (archaic) not courageous
- (archaic) timid
Synonyms
- (cowardly) laf
- (timid) beschroomd, verlegen
Derived terms
- bloodaard
Related terms
- liever blode Jan dan dode Jan
References
- [2]
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Middle Low German blôt, from Old Saxon bl?d, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?d, from Proto-Germanic *bl?þ?.
Noun
blood n
- blood
See also
- German Low German: Blood, Bloot
Middle English
Alternative forms
- blod, blode, bloode, bloud
Etymology
From Old English bl?d, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?d, from Proto-Germanic *bl?þ?, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blo?d/
- Rhymes: -o?d
Noun
blood (plural bloods)
- blood
Derived terms
- herte blood
Descendants
- English: blood
- Scots: bluid
- Yola: blooed
References
- “bl??d, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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vampire
English
Alternative forms
- vampyre (archaic)
Etymology
From French vampire, from German Vampir, from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmp?r (said to be an alteration of a term *upir), from Proto-Slavic *?pyr?. Compare Russian ?????? (upýr?), Polish upiór, etc. Doublet of oupire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?væm.pa?.?(?)/
Noun
vampire (plural vampires)
- A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from earlier 18th c.]
- Synonyms: nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine
- (colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
- A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]
- Synonym: vampire bat
- (figuratively, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
- (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
- 2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era (page 4)
- "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.
- 2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era (page 4)
- (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
- 2000, Tracie Peterson, Colorado Wings (page 373)
- "I draw blood from patients, and then I take it back to the lab and analyze it. Sometimes, the vampires do all the sticks, that is to say the lab assistants do all the blood collections." He grinned. "We have our own language at the lab."
- 2000, Tracie Peterson, Colorado Wings (page 373)
Synonyms
- (blood drinker): hemovore, hematophagous
Derived terms
Related terms
- vamp
Descendants
- ? Bengali: ???????????? (bhêmpayar)
- ? Irish: vaimpír
- ? Japanese: ?????? (vanpaia), ????? (banpaia)
- ? Marathi: ?????????? (vh?mp?yar)
- ? Thai: ??????? (w?m-paai)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: bhampair
- ? Swahili: vampiri
- ? Welsh: fampir
Translations
Verb
vampire (third-person singular simple present vampires, present participle vampiring, simple past and past participle vampired)
- (transitive, figuratively) To drain of energy or resources.
See also
- werewolf
- bloodsucker
- hemovore
- Vampire (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Common vampire bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- The meaning of the word "vampire"
References
Anagrams
- vampier
Esperanto
Etymology
vampiro (“vampire”) +? -e
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vam?pire/
Adverb
vampire
- vampirically
Related terms
- vampira (“vampiric”)
- vampiro (“vampire”)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??.pi?/
Noun
vampire m (plural vampires)
- vampire
Derived terms
- vampirique
- vampiriser
Descendants
- ? Armenian: ?????? (vampir)
- ? Asturian: vampiru
- ? Belarusian: ?????? (vampir)
- ? Catalan: vampir
- ? Czech: vampýr
- ? English: vampire (see there for further descendants)
- ? Galician: vampiro
- ? Georgian: ??????? (vam?iri)
- ? Greek: ?????? (vampír)
- ? Italian: vampiro
- ? Malagasy: vampira
- ? Occitan: vampire
- ? Romanian: vampir
- ? Russian: ?????? (vampir) (see there for further descendants)
- ? Slovak: vampír
- ? Spanish: vampiro, vampira
- ? Basque: banpiro
- ? Cebuano: bampira
- ? Tagalog: bampira
- ? Waray-Waray: bampira
- ? Ottoman Turkish: ??????? (vampir)
- Turkish: vampir
- ? Ukrainian: ?????? (vampir)
Further reading
- “vampire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Verb
vampire
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vampirar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vampirar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vampirar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vampirar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vam?pi.re]
Noun
vampire f pl
- plural of vampir?
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