blooded
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English
Definitions
verb
- To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- To let blood (from); to bleed.
- To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
adjective
- Experienced.“I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.”
- Descended from.“He's a full-blooded Apache.”
- Bloody, bleeding.
- (of horses, cattle, etc.) derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
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Synonyms
full-bloodedpurebredbloodypedigreedwell-bredbredbornthoroughbredblue-bloodedtemperedhardenedexperiencedveteranseasonednoblearistocratic