blood
/blʌd/ noun [U]Definition
RED LIQUID › the red liquid that flows around your body: a blood test/sample
FAMILY ORIGIN › the family or place that you come from: I've got some Spanish blood in me.
be in your blood › If something is in your blood, you and other people in your family are interested in it or good at it: Sailing is in my blood.
→ See also your own flesh and blood (Definition of blood noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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