blooded

Adjective

blooded (not comparable)

1. bloody, bleeding.
   • Blackburn's cause was not helped when Morten Gamst Pedersen and Gael Givet collided going for the same ball, both players emerging blooded and dazed but otherwise unharmed.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport
2. Experienced (especially in warfare).
   • 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.

   Antonyms:

   unblooded

3. Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.
   • Mammals are warm-blooded.
4. (figuratively) Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.
   • Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.
5. (figuratively, sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees) Having ancestry to a certain degree.
   • He's a full-blooded Irishman.
6. (derogatory, figuratively, sometimes) Having a certain ancestry.
   • A blue-blooded aristocrat.
7. (usually, cattle) Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.