half-blood
1 of 2adjective
ˈhaf-ˈbləd 
ˈhäf-
variants or less commonly half-blooded
ˈhaf-ˈblə-dəd
ˈhäf-
: related to or being a half blood
half-blood steers
half-blood bison females
Note: Use of the adjective half-blood to refer to a person having parents of different races (see race entry 1 sense 1a) is considered offensive.
half blood
2 of 2noun
plural half bloods
1
a
: the relation between persons having only one parent in common
b
: a person so related to another
2
offensive : half-breed
3
: a domestic animal with one parent purebred and the other of inferior breeding : grade sense 4
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1605, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Legal Definition
half blood
noun
: the relation between persons having only one parent in common
also : a person so related to another
half-blood
adjective
variants or half-blooded
as in half-bred
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- half-bred
- crossbred
- interbred
- mongrel
- hybridized
- crossed
- outcrossed
- hybrid
- mixed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- blooded
- purebred
- thoroughbred
- pedigree
- pure-blood
- pedigreed
- full-blood
- pure-blooded
- inbred
- full-blooded
- well-bred
- Liu Shao-ch'i
- Liu Xiaobo
- lius cae
- livabilities
- livability
- livable
- livableness
- livablenesses
- livabler
- livablest
- live
- live a lie
- live a little
- live action
- live album
- live and breathe
- live and learn
- live and let live
- live at home
- live axle
- live beyond one's means
- live birth
- live by
- live by one's wits
- live coverage