ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi blʌd blʌd dɪˈsɛnt ˈlɪ.ni.ɪdʒ ˈɒɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn ˈɔɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət ˈɹeɪkhɛl ɹɪp

smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill temperament or disposition a person of hot blood the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions people viewed as members of a group we need more young blood in this organization the hereditary derivation of an individual his entire lineage has been warriors a dissolute man in fashionable society