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Common collocations with blood in American Collocation

blood noun uncountable

US /blʌd/

when someone or something makes a person bleed

draw
shed
spill

The cat scratched me but did not draw blood.

He is a murderer whose main ambition is to shed blood.

move blood around the body

carry
pump
supply

The arteries are the tubes that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

lose blood

lose

It was a deep wound and she was losing a lot of blood.

move around the body

circulate
flow
pump

Rage flowed through his body faster than the blood pumping through his veins.

pour quickly from the body

flow
gush
pour
spurt

A woman was lying in the road with blood pouring from a head wound.

come out slowly

drip
ooze
seep
trickle

He was badly injured, and blood was seeping slowly through his shirt