blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
Example:- blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products
ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual
Example:- his entire lineage has been warriors
blood - temperament or disposition
Example:- a person of hot blood
blood - people viewed as members of a group
Example:- we need more young blood in this organization
blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue - a dissolute man in fashionable society
blood - smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill