bloodshed

English

/ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/

noun

Definitions

(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
(obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
(obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Etymology

Compound from English blood (red) + English shed.

Origin

English

shed

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Bloodgate English
ablood English
beblood English
bikeshed English
blood English
blood wurst English
blood-red English
bloodbath English
bloodberry English
bloodbird English
bloodborne English
blooded English
blooden English
blooder English
bloodfed English
bloodfest English
bloodfin English
bloodguilt English
bloodguilty English
bloodhead English
bloodheat English
bloodhound English
bloodhungry English
blooding English
bloodlands English
bloodleaf English
bloodless English
bloodlet English
bloodletter English
bloodletting English
bloodlike English
bloodline English
bloodloss English
bloodlust English
bloodmeal English
bloodmobile English
bloodnut English
bloodplay English
bloodroot English
bloodscape English
bloodshedder English
bloodshedding English
bloodshot English
bloodshotting English
bloodsoaked English
bloodsome English
bloodsport English
bloodspot English
bloodstain English
bloodstained English
bloodstaining English
bloodstick English
bloodstock English
bloodstone English
bloodstream English
bloodstroke English
bloodsucker English
bloodsucking English
bloodthirst English
bloodthirster English
bloodthirsting English
bloodthirsty English
bloodwood English
bloodwork English
bloodwort English
bloody English
cartshed English
cattleshed English
coalshed English
cowshed English
cryoblood English
cultureshed English
deshedding English
driveshed English
foodshed English
gunshed English
gutterblood English
half-blood English
hayshed English
heart-blood English
lifeblood English
megashed English
milkshed English
mixblood English
moonblood English
nonblood English
noseblood English
oxblood English
playshed English
pureblood English
self-blood English
serviceshed English
shed English
sheddable English
sheddase English
shedder English
sheddest English
sheddeth English
shedful English
shedhand English
shedista English
shedless English
shedlike English
shedload English
shedmaster English
shedrow English
shedworker English
shedworking English
snow shed English
toolshed English
tramshed English
unshed English
watershed English
woodshed English
woolshed English
workshed English
youngblood English
blood Middle English
sheden Middle English
μπλάντι Greek (modern)
sièd Welsh
seada Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
blad Torres Strait Creole