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blooded

[bluhd-id]

adjective

  1. having blood of a specified kind (used in combination).

    warm-blooded animals.

  2. (of horses, cattle, etc.) derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.



blooded

/ ˈʌɪ /

adjective

  1. (of horses, cattle, etc) of good breeding

  2. (in combination) having blood or temperament as specified

    hot-blooded, cold-blooded, warm-blooded, red-blooded, blue-blooded

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • well-blooded adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blooded1

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; blood, -ed 3
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A mother was stabbed to death in a "cold blooded, calculated, premeditated murder" as she pushed her baby in a pram, a court has heard.

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He showed me a picture of him in a hospital bed, taken an hour after the explosion, with his face burned, entirely blooded, covered with bandages.

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The late 1970s saw Italy blooded by violence by extreme right-wing and extreme left-wing proponents.

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Some deep-sea fish, such as tuna and lamnid sharks, a family of large and speedy sharks, are partially warm blooded; they can divert body heat to specific organs even in icy temps.

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Witnesses described seeing Hague repeatedly swinging the bag "like a cricketer," leaving Mr Wilkinson blooded and lifeless on the ground, Ms Marshall said.

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