blood

A2 Topic:The Human Body

US /blʌd/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #469

Meanings

1

noun
The red liquid that the heart pumps around the body.

The cut on his hand was covered in blood.
2

noun
Family relationship through birth rather than marriage.

They are related by blood, not by marriage.
3

noun
People seen as new members of a group.

The company needs fresh blood to bring in new ideas.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · family relationship through... descent heritage stock

Word family

Forms bloodedbloodingbloods

Derived forms abloodbebloodbleedblood-and-gutsblood-and-gutsyblood-boilingblood-cellblood-chillerblood-chillingblood-curdlingblood-houseblood-letting

Related forms bleed bless blessingcoagulationhemato-sanguinary sanguine

Common collocations

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Scots blude, bluid (“blood”), North Frisian blud, blödj, Blör (“blood”), Saterland Frisian Bloud (“blood”), West Frisian bloed (“blood”), Cimbrian pluat, pluut (“blood”), Dutch bloed (“blood”), German Blu…

blood Middle English blōd Old English *blōd Proto-West Germanic *blōþą Proto-Germanic *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

The Human Body

# blood

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** blʌd
**Frequency rank:** 469

## Meanings
1. The red liquid that the heart pumps around the body.
2. Family relationship through birth rather than marriage.
3. People seen as new members of a group.

## Examples
- The cut on his hand was covered in blood.
- They are related by blood, not by marriage.
- The company needs fresh blood to bring in new ideas.

## Derived Forms
- ablood
- beblood
- bleed
- blood-and-guts
- blood-and-gutsy
- blood-boiling
- blood-cell
- blood-chiller
- blood-chilling
- blood-curdling
- blood-house
- blood-letting

## Related Forms
- bleed
- bless
- blessing
- coagulation
- hemato-
- sanguinary
- sanguine

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blood
- Root: blōd
- Root: *blōd
- Root: *blōþą
- Root: *bʰel-

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Scots blude, bluid (“blood”), North Frisian blud, blödj, Blör (“blood”), Saterland Frisian Bloud (“blood”), West Frisian bloed (“blood”), Cimbrian pluat, pluut (“blood”), Dutch bloed (“blood”), German Blu…

## AI Etymology
Blood comes from Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Blood follows a historical chain through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-?, Proto-Germanic *blōþą, Proto-West Germanic *blōd, Old English blōd, Middle English blood, English blood.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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