Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having blood or a temperament of a specified kind. Used only in combination.
  • adjective Thoroughbred.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of pure blood, or good breed; thoroughbred; derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree: said of horses and other stock.
  • Having blood of a kind noted or specified: used in composition: as, warm-blooded animals.
  • Figuratively, characterized by a temper or state of mind noted in the prefix: used in composition: as, a cold-blooded murder; a hot-blooded answer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Experienced.
  • adjective Descended from.
  • adjective bloody, bleeding.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of blood.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of unmixed ancestry

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Examples

  • I take an interest in blooded horses and two of my horses are running tomorrow.

    Our Times Viewed From a World Perspective 1934

  • Sword blooded, blood up, he took to battle like a veteran — brave in attack, careful in defense, brilliant in difficulties.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • When CBS announcer Gus Johnson used the phrase "cold blooded" to describe Washington guard

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Red meat is red blooded, which is not to be confused with "red".

    BlueOregon 2009

  • Fish are cold-blooded, that is they are unable to maintain a body temperature different from that of their surroundings.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Fish are cold-blooded, that is they are unable to maintain a body temperature different from that of their surroundings.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • As his meat flies into the crowd of women, they rub it over themselves, like young fox hunters who are initiated into the hunt when they are "blooded" by the dead fox, or else like the women who follow Dionysus, god of wine: they rip their victims apart, and are so high they can't tell man from beast.

    Tom Payne: Lady Gaga and the Episode with the Meat 2010

  • As his meat flies into the crowd of women, they rub it over themselves, like young fox hunters who are initiated into the hunt when they are "blooded" by the dead fox, or else like the women who follow Dionysus, god of wine: they rip their victims apart, and are so high they can't tell man from beast.

    Tom Payne: Lady Gaga and the Episode with the Meat 2010

  • As his meat flies into the crowd of women, they rub it over themselves, like young fox hunters who are initiated into the hunt when they are "blooded" by the dead fox, or else like the women who follow Dionysus, god of wine: they rip their victims apart, and are so high they can't tell man from beast.

    Tom Payne: Lady Gaga and the Episode with the Meat Tom Payne 2010

  • Don't know if the idea of humans being "blooded" like Predators was yours, or if it was already part of the AvP mythos.

    Long Train Running Steve Perry 2009

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