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								the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away
 the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions
 2.
								the descendants of one individual
 3.
								temperament or disposition
 a person of hot blood
 4.
								a dissolute man in fashionable society
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								people viewed as members of a group
 we need more young blood in this organization
 
 'blood' - used as a verb
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								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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			| 1. Blood / Plural bloods
 2. Blood / Past
 blooded
 3. Blood / Third Person
 bloods
 4. Blood / Present Participle
 blooding
 
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