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blood|line /blʌ dla I n/ (bloodlines ) N‑COUNT A person's bloodline is their ancestors over many generations, and the characteristics they are believed to have inherited from these ancestors.

bloo d lust also blood-lust N‑UNCOUNT [oft a N ] If you say that someone is driven by a blood lust , you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them. □  The mobs became driven by a crazed blood-lust to take the city.

bloo d mon|ey

1 N‑UNCOUNT If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation. □  The US agreed to pay blood money to the families of the two victims.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Blood money is money that is paid to someone for murdering someone.

bloo d poi|son|ing N‑UNCOUNT Blood poisoning is a serious illness resulting from an infection in your blood.

bloo d pres|sure N‑UNCOUNT Your blood pressure is the amount of force with which your blood flows around your body. □  Your doctor will monitor your blood pressure. □  The Prime Minister had been taken ill with high blood pressure.

blo od pu d|ding (blood puddings ) N‑VAR Blood pudding is another word for black pudding .

bloo d-re d also blood red COLOUR Something that is blood-red is bright red in colour. □  …blood-red cherries.

bloo d re|la|tion (blood relations ) also blood relative N‑COUNT A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.

blood|shed /blʌ dʃed/ N‑UNCOUNT Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded. □  The government must increase the pace of reforms to avoid further bloodshed.

blood|shot /blʌ dʃɒt/ ADJ If your eyes are bloodshot , the parts that are usually white are red or pink. Your eyes can be bloodshot for a variety of reasons, for example because you are tired or you have drunk too much alcohol. □  John's eyes were bloodshot and puffy.

bloo d sport (blood sports ) also bloodsport N‑COUNT Blood sports are sports such as hunting in which animals are killed.

blood|stain /blʌ dste I n/ (bloodstains ) N‑COUNT A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.

blood|stained /blʌ dste I nd/ ADJ Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood. □  The killer must have been heavily bloodstained. □  …bloodstained clothing.

blood|stock /blʌ dstɒk/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] Horses that are bred for racing are referred to as bloodstock .

blood|stream /blʌ dstriːm/ (bloodstreams ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body. □  The disease releases toxins into the bloodstream.

blood|sucker /blʌ dsʌkə ^r / (bloodsuckers )

1 N‑COUNT A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.

2 N‑COUNT If you call someone a bloodsucker , you disapprove of them because you think they do not do anything worthwhile but live off the efforts of other people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  At last he was free from the financial bloodsuckers.

bloo d test (blood tests ) N‑COUNT A blood test is a medical examination of a small amount of your blood.

blood|thirsty /blʌ dθɜː ^r sti/ ADJ Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations. □  They were savage and bloodthirsty. □  …some of the most tragic scenes witnessed even in this bloodthirsty war.

bloo d trans|fu|sion (blood transfusions ) N‑VAR A blood transfusion is a process in which blood is injected into the body of a person who is badly injured or ill.