[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/blood/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / blood # blood noun (blood — uncountable); adjective forms (bloody, bloodless) «blood» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The red liquid that the heart pumps around your body through tubes called blood vessels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#m1) 2. Family or ancestors: «They are related by blood». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#m2) ### In the lessons In science: blood carries oxygen and food to every part of the body and takes waste away; red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight germs, platelets help a cut stop bleeding; the heart pumps blood through arteries and veins. In first aid: press on a bleeding cut with a clean cloth and tell an adult; do not touch other people's blood without gloves. Phrases: blood vessel, blood cells, lose blood, give blood, blood test, blood type, in your blood, cold-blooded, warm-blooded. ### Examples - Your heart pumps blood all around your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x1) - Blood carries oxygen from the lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x2) - There was a little blood on my knee after I fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x3) - Press a clean cloth on the cut to stop the blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x4) - Grown-ups can give blood to help people in hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x5) - Reptiles are cold-blooded animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x6) - The nurse took a small blood test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x7) - Blood looks blue in veins through the skin, but it is always red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x8) - And out of the tree streamed blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/#x9) ### Note Uncountable: «some blood», not «a blood» or «bloods». The oo is said like the u in «mud». Myth: blood is never blue — it is dark red in veins and bright red in arteries. «Bleed» (bleed, bled) is the verb. In the UK «bloody» is also a rude word; avoid it. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah blood is the life of a creature. It is dashed on the altar, and people may not eat it. The prophets and psalms also use it for killing: shedding innocent blood is a grave crime, and in the plagues the Nile waters were turned to blood. **Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that the blood is the life and belongs to God, so it is poured out and not eaten, and meat is salted to draw it out. Spilling human blood is a grave crime, and the prophets cry out against cities built with blood. ### Examples - Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.' (Torah EXO.4.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/#x1) - And when it was killed, Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about. (Torah LEV.8.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/#x2) - Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying. (Torah LEV.19.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/#x3) - He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. (Writings PSA.105.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/#x4) - That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. (Prophets MIC.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/#x5) - Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Writings PRO.6.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/#x6) ### Note Uncountable: «some blood», not «a blood» or «bloods». The oo is said like the u in «mud». Myth: blood is never blue — it is dark red in veins and bright red in arteries. «Bleed» (bleed, bled) is the verb. In the UK «bloody» is also a rude word; avoid it. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «blood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blood/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«blood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blood.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «blood» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blood/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«blood» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/blood.html) on Mova free.