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Collocations for blood - noun

ADJECTIVE

cold, hot, warm
clotted, congealed, dried
fresh
arterial, venous
menstrual
contaminated
aristocratic, blue, noble, pure, royal
I doubt if I have a single drop of aristocratic blood in my veins.
African, Irish, Mediterranean, etc.
animal, human
fake

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… OF BLOOD

drop, pool, trickle
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.

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VERB + blood

lose
She'd lost a lot of blood and doctors decided to do a transfusion.
shed, spill (literary)
He was a hot-headed youth, always too quick to shed blood.
donate, give
The hospital appealed for more people to donate blood.
pump
The heart pumps blood around the body.
collect, draw
Samples of blood were drawn using sterile syringes.
choke on
He choked on his own blood after being shot in the throat.
smear, wipe
There was blood smeared down his shirt.

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blood + VERB

dribble, drip, flow, gush, ooze, run, seep, splash, spurt, stream, trickle, well, well up
Blood oozed slowly from the corner of his mouth.
spread
The blood spread rapidly from where he lay.
spatter sth, splatter
Blood spattered the seats of the vehicle.
soak sth, soak into sth
cake sth, stain sth
Dried blood caked his hands.
clot, coagulate, congeal
circulate
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.
pound, pulse
The blood pounded in her ears.
drain
The blood drained from his face when I told him the news.
freeze, run cold, turn cold, turn to ice
Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed.

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blood + NOUN

cell
group, type (esp. AmE)
What blood group are you? (BrE)
What blood type do you have? (AmE)
sample, test
count
Her white blood cell count is slightly elevated.
loss
donation, donor
bank
circulation, flow, supply (see also blood pressure, blood vessel)
clot, coagulation
disease, disorder, poisoning
cholesterol, glucose, sugar
transfusion

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PREPOSITION

in blood
His shirt was soaked in blood.
in sb's/the blood
Traces of an illegal substance were found in his blood.
blood from
My handkerchief was soaked in blood from my nose.

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PHRASES

caked in blood, caked with blood
The dog's fur was caked in blood when we found him.
covered in blood, covered with 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).

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