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blood
has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law,biology
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[ noun ] (biology) the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart
Examples "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away" "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)The original electrocardiograph primarily indicates irregularities in the heartbeat , but today 's techniques allow exact measurements of the flow of blood through the aorta , dimensioning of the heart and its chambers , and a much more detailed study of each heartbeat . The Doppler_effect , using ultrasonic signals , can be employed to measure the flow of blood without cutting into the blood_vessel . The latter measures the heat carried_away by the bloodstream as an indication of the velocity of the blood flow . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)For a blood chilling ring of terror to the very sound of his name was the tool he needed for the job he 'd promised to do . (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)I suppose you do n't know anything about a piece of two-by-four , either ; one with blood all_over it , Arbuckle 's blood '' . |
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) the shedding of blood resulting in murder
Examples "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)I suppose you do n't know anything about a piece of two-by-four , either ; one with blood all_over it , Arbuckle 's blood '' . |
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[ noun ] temperament or disposition
Examples "a person of hot blood" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)During the Brown trial , however , the state 's most powerful Democratic newspaper , the Providence_Daily_Post , stated that Brown was a murderer , a man of blood , and that he and his associates , with the assistance of Republicans and Abolitionists , had plotted not_only the liberation of the slaves but also the overthrow of state and federal_governments . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the descendants of one individual
Examples "his entire lineage has been warriors" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)If a child had a single drop of Negro blood , he would revert to the ancestral line which , except as slaves under a superior race , had not made one step of progress in 3000 years . |
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[ noun ] a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)He regaled Claire with an account of the mock mass performed by the cassocked bloods , which he had had at firsthand from old Bud_Dodington , one of the leaders of the so-called `` Order '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5317
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[ verb ] smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
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[ noun ] people viewed as members of a group
Examples "we need more young blood in this organization" Related terms |
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