Synonyms: blood
Definition: temperament or disposition
Usage: a person of hot blood
Synonyms: blood
Definition: the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
Usage: blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products; the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions
Similar words: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
Definition: the liquid parts of the body
Synonyms: blood
Definition: people viewed as members of a group
Usage: we need more young blood in this organization
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Synonyms: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Similar words: family tree, genealogy
Definition: successive generations of kin
Synonyms: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
Definition: a dissolute man in fashionable society
Similar words: libertine, rounder, debauchee
Definition: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
Synonyms: blood
Definition: smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Definition: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Usage: smear the wall with paint; daub the ceiling with plaster