adjective
- having blood of a specified kind
- having pure breeding or noble ancestry
- experienced or initiated, especially through a first significant experience
Usage: often used in compounds
Usage: especially of animals
Usage: informal
Examples
- The stable housed only full-blooded Arabian horses.
- She came from a long line of blue-blooded aristocrats.
- The warm-blooded mammals could regulate their body temperature.
- After his first battle, he was considered a blooded warrior.
- The kennel specialized in pure-blooded German shepherds.
- Cold-blooded reptiles need external heat sources.
- The blooded hunter had years of experience tracking deer.