Collocations for "blood"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "blood" in context.
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blood
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [fresh, dried, fake] blood
- [bright, dark] red blood
- we need [fresh, new] blood
- need to [test, draw] your blood
- is losing a lot of blood
- that is a lot of blood
- there was blood [everywhere, all over]
- much blood was [spilled, shed] (in the battle)
- are covered in blood
- [donated, gave] blood at the (clinic)
- found [lying, dead] in a puddle of blood
- [faint, pass out] at the sight of blood
- have blood [in your hair, on your shirt]
- [donate, give] blood
- it was [fake, stage] blood
- blood from the [cut, injury]
- used [jelly, ketchup] for blood
- (traces) of [alcohol, drugs] in the blood
- the company [needs, is looking for] new blood
- the [wolf, dogs, enemy, opponent] could smell blood
- the [wolves] were hungry for blood
- he is out for blood
- [singing, leading, writing] is in her blood
- are related by blood
- the [novel, movie] is [all, full of] blood and guts
- a [story, tale, sight, sound] to chill the blood
- blood [spurted, poured] from the [wound, cut]
- blood [test, sample, specimen]
- blood [sugar, protein, alcohol]
- blood alcohol [content, concentration, level]
- blood [droplets, cells, supply, flow, loss]
- [undergo, have] a blood transfusion
- [analyze, have] a blood test
- [red, white] blood [cells, corpuscles]
- give a blood donation
- what is your blood type?
- is blood type [A, O] [positive, negative]
- [good, bad] blood pressure
- blood sugar levels
- a blood donor
- blood products
- blood pudding
- made a blood pact
- are blood [brothers, relatives]
- a blood orange
- the [sunset, sky] was blood [red, orange]
- blood-red [sunset]
- was a Blood Moon
- the [novice, young] hunter was blooded
- [novice, youngster] was blooded
- blooded into the [force, team, house]
- the [dogs, hounds] were blooded
- UK: blooded the [troops, men, soldiers] (in battle)
- UK: the [troops] need to be blooded
'blood' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Dutch
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Spanish
- bathe
- bay
- bead
- bleeding
- blue
- boiling
- borne
- burst
- cake
- carpet
- ceiling
- cell
- chill
- chin
- clot
- cold
- compatible
- contract
- cough
- count
- course
- cover
- crimson
- crust
- cuff
- culture
- cut
- deplete
- detect
- diamond
- discharge
- donate
- donor
- drain
- dried
- drip
- drop
- faint
- fast
- fatigue
- feud
- flesh
- flow
- frequent