blood (
http://definr.com/blood)
n 1: the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart;
"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and
carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed
that blood was the seat of the emotions"
2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn:
lineage,
line,
line of descent,
descent,
bloodline,
blood line,
pedigree,
ancestry,
origin,
parentage,
stock]
3: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the
blood of his kinsmen" [syn:
bloodshed,
gore]
4: temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood"
5: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn:
rake,
profligate,
rip,
roue]
6: people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young
blood in this organization"
v : smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the
face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill