blood

n

1. fluid, life fluid, Class. Myth. ichor, whole blood; grume, Obs. cruor, gore, plasma; juice, sap, latex, milk.

2. vital principle, vital force, Fr. elan vital. life-blood, life, being, vitality.

3. temperament, humor, nature, temper, state of mind, mood, spirit; disposition, character, makeup, mettle, constitution.

4. ancestry, lineage, heritage, genealogy, background, family, house; extraction, stock, pedigree, race; descent, derivation, origin, stirps, line; kinship, kindred, consanguinity, cognation, blood ties, blood lines.

5. in cold blood

deliberately, premeditatively, intentionally, on purpose, knowingly, Law. with malice aforethought or malice prepense.