# blooded

Pronunciation: US say "BLUD-uhd" /ˈblʌ.dəd/; UK say "BLUD-id" /ˈblʌ.dɪd/

## Adjective

1. Having a particular physiological trait relating to the blood or circulatory system, as expressed by a preceding modifier such as warm- or cold-.
   - Simple: Having a body that controls its blood temperature in a certain way, as in warm-blooded or cold-blooded animals.
   - _Warm-blooded creatures maintain a stable internal temperature regardless of their surroundings._
   - _Most reptiles are cold-blooded, depending on external heat to stay active._
2. Having a particular temperament or disposition, as indicated by a preceding modifier such as hot- or cold-.
   - Simple: Having a certain kind of nature or mood, like hot-blooded people who get angry fast.
   - _Their hot-blooded captain charged ahead without waiting for orders._
   - _The killer's cold-blooded indifference shocked the entire courtroom._
3. Having ancestry of a specified degree from a particular line or group, as indicated by a preceding modifier such as full- or half-.
   - Simple: Having a certain share of ancestry from a group, as in full-blooded or half-blooded.
   - _His grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee, a heritage the family honored._
   - _Records listed the horse as half-blooded, sired by a thoroughbred out of a farm mare._
4. Tested and made experienced through real action, especially in warfare.
   - Simple: Having real experience, especially from having been in battle.
   - _A commander prefers blooded regiments for the assault, since untested recruits may falter._
   - _By the campaign's end the once-green battalion was thoroughly blooded and steady under bombardment._
6. Having a particular ancestry, expressed by a preceding modifier and used in a contemptuous or insulting manner.
   - Simple: Having a certain family background, used in an unkind or insulting way.
   - _The old lord dismissed the merchant as base-blooded, unfit to dine at his table._
   - _Villagers muttered that the stranger was ill-blooded, blaming his family's bad name._
7. Descended from ancestors of good stock; having a recognized, high-quality pedigree.
   - Simple: Coming from a line of fine, pure-bred animals.
   - _The auction featured blooded heifers with papers tracing five generations of pedigree._
   - _He bred blooded stallions whose ancestry guaranteed strong, fast foals._
8. Covered or stained with blood; bleeding.
   - Simple: Covered in blood, or bleeding from a wound.
   - _The boxer stumbled to his corner with a blooded lip and a swollen eye._
   - _Medics carried the blooded survivors away from the wreckage._

## Verb

5. Simple past and past participle of blood. — simple past and past participle of blood
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of blood. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The huntsman blooded the children at the end of their first chase._
   - _The regiment was blooded during a brief but fierce border clash._

## Origin

From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood plus the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/blooded (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).