Collocations for blood - noun
ADJ.
cold, warm
animals with warm blood
animals with warm blood
clotted, congealed, dried | arterial, venous | menstrual | contaminated | aristocratic, noble, royal
I doubt if I have a single drop of aristocratic blood in my veins.
I doubt if I have a single drop of aristocratic blood in my veins.
Mediterranean, Spanish, etc.
QUANT.
drop, pool, trickle
The body lay in a pool of blood. | A thin trickle of blood ran down from a cut above her eye.
The body lay in a pool of blood. | A thin trickle of blood ran down from a cut above her eye.
spots, traces
He worked to remove all traces of blood.
He worked to remove all traces of blood.
VERB + BLOOD
lose
She''d lost a lot of blood and doctors decided to do a transfusion.
She''d lost a lot of blood and doctors decided to do a transfusion.
shed, spill
(literary) He was a hot-headed warrior, always too quick to shed blood.
(literary) He was a hot-headed warrior, always too quick to shed blood.
donate, give
The hospital appealed for more people to give blood (= for blood transfusions).
The hospital appealed for more people to give blood (= for blood transfusions).
pump
The heart pumps blood around the body.
The heart pumps blood around the body.
choke on
He choked on his own blood after being shot in the throat.
He choked on his own blood after being shot in the throat.
smear
There was blood smeared down his shirt.
There was blood smeared down his shirt.
BLOOD + VERB
dribble, drip, flow, gush, ooze, run, seep, splash, spurt, stream, trickle, well (up)
Blood oozed slowly from the corner of his mouth.
Blood oozed slowly from the corner of his mouth.
spread
The blood spread rapidly from where he lay.
The blood spread rapidly from where he lay.
spatter, splatter
Blood spattered the seats of the vehicle.
Blood spattered the seats of the vehicle.
soak (into) sth | cake sth, stain sth
Dried blood caked his hands.
Dried blood caked his hands.
clot, coagulate | circulate
He rubbed his limbs vigorously to get the blood circulating.
He rubbed his limbs vigorously to get the blood circulating.
course, rush, surge
I felt the blood coursing in my veins as I ran. | The blood rushed to her face as she realized her error.
I felt the blood coursing in my veins as I ran. | The blood rushed to her face as she realized her error.
drum, hammer, pound, pulse, thud, thunder
The blood drummed in her ears.
The blood drummed in her ears.
drain
The blood drained from his face when I told him the news.
The blood drained from his face when I told him the news.
freeze, run/turn cold, turn to ice
(figurative) Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed.
(figurative) Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed.
BLOOD + NOUN
cell | group, type
What blood group are you?
What blood group are you?
sample, test | loss | donation, donor | bank | circulation, flow, supply | pressure | clot, coagulation | cancer, disease, disorder, poisoning | cholesterol, fats, glucose, sugar
PREP.
in ~
His shirt was soaked in blood.
His shirt was soaked in blood.
in sb''s/the ~
Traces of an illegal substance were found in his blood.
Traces of an illegal substance were found in his blood.
~ from
My handkerchief was soaked in blood from my nose.
My handkerchief was soaked in blood from my nose.
PHRASES
caked in/with blood
The dog''s fur was caked in blood when we found him.
The dog''s fur was caked in blood when we found him.
covered in/with blood
He was lying on the floor, covered in blood.
He was lying on the floor, covered in blood.
in cold blood
He shot them in cold blood (= in a way that was planned and deliberately cruel).
He shot them in cold blood (= in a way that was planned and deliberately cruel).