bloodnoun [ U ]
uk/blʌd/us/blʌd/blood noun [ U ] (LIQUID)
A2 the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes waste products:
He lost a lot of blood in the accident.
give/donate blood
to allow a trained person to take some blood from your body so that it can be stored and is ready to be given to people who have lost a lot of blood in an accident or operation
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- The teacher drew a diagram showing how the blood flows through the heart.
- The appeal for people to donate blood was very successful.
- She lost a lot of blood in the accident.
- The police found traces of blood on his jacket.
- The sight of so much blood made him shudder.
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The circulatory system & blood
- Abo
- accessory pathway
- atrioventricular
- auricular
- blood donor
- blood sugar
- capillary
- erectile
- intravenous
- LV
- mediastinal
- microvascular
- myocardial
- myocarditis
- oxyhaemoglobin
- palpitate
- pressure point
- pulse
- Rh factor
- semilunar valve
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blood noun [ U ] (FAMILY)
C2 family relationship by birth rather than marriage:
They are related by blood.
She has Russian blood (= one or more of her relatives was Russian).
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Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- sisterhood
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
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Idiom(s)
be after sb's blood
be in the/sb's blood
blood and guts
blood is thicker than water
sb's blood is up
get blood out of/from a stone
have (sb's) blood on your hands
make sb's blood boil
make sb's blood run cold
new/fresh blood
bloodverb [ T ]
uk/blʌd/us/blʌd/to give someone their first experience of something:
They decided to blood him in the international team at the age of only 18.
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Teaching in general
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- engage
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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