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with hair that has a light color He has blond hair. She is tall and blonde.

blonde noun [ count ]

a woman who has blond hair She's a natural blonde.

blood Ф / blAd / noun [ noncount ] the red liquid inside your body He lost a lot of blood in the accident. The verb is bleed .

blood pres • sure / ' biAd p_rejbr / noun

[noncount]

( health , biology ) the force with which blood moves

around the body

He has high blood pressure .

blood • shed / blAdfed / noun

[noncount]

the killing of people, especially during a war

They hoped the peace talks would prevent more bloodshed.

blood • stream / blAdstrim / noun [ singular ]

( biology ) the blood as it flows through the body

It takes a few minutes for the drug to enter your

bloodstream.

blood • thirst • y / ' blAd^rsti / adjective

wanting to hurt and kill people a bloodthirsty dictator

blood ves • sel / ' blAd ,vesl / noun [ count ]

( biology ) one of the tubes in your body that blood flows through

blood • y / blAdi / adjective ( blood . i er , blood i . est )

with a lot of killing It was a bloody war.

covered with blood a bloody nose

bloom 1 / blum / verb ( blooms , bloom . ing , bloomed )

to produce flowers Roses bloom in the summer.

bloom2 / blum / noun in bloom

with its flowers open

The dogwood trees are in bloom.

blos • som / ' ЬЫэш / noun [ count, noncount ] the flowers on a tree, especially a fruit tree The apple tree is covered in blossom. ► blos • som verb

( blos . soms , blos . som . ing , blos . somed )

The cherry trees are blossoming.

blouse / blaus / noun [ count ]

a piece of clothing like a shirt that a woman or girl wears on the top part of her body

— Look at the picture at clothes . blOW 1 Ф / blou / verb

( blows, blow . ing , blew / blu / has blown / bloun / ) Pronunciation

The word blow sounds like go .

When air or wind blows , it moves The wind was blowing from the ocean.

to move something through the air The wind blew my hat off .

to send air out from your mouth Please blow into this tube.

( music ) to send air out from your mouth into a musical instrument, for example, to make a noise

The referee blew his whistle.

blow up ; blow something up

to explode or make something explode, for example with a bomb

The plane blew up. They blew up the station.

to fill something with air

We blew up some balloons for the party. blow your nose

to clear your nose by blowing strongly through it onto a piece of cloth or paper (called a handkerchief or tissue )

blow 2 Ф / blou / noun [ count ]

a hard hit from someone's hand or a weapon He felt a blow on the back of his head.

something that happens suddenly and that makes you very unhappy

Her father's death was a terrible blow. blow-dry / 'blou drai / verb ( blow-dries , blow-dry . ing , blow-dried )

to dry someone's hair using a small machine that blows out hot air (a hair dryer )

I didn't have time to blow-dry my hair.

blue 1Ф / blu/ adjective (blu ei , >lu est )

having the color of a clear sky when the sun shines He wore a blue shirt.

dark blue curtains Her eyes are bright blue.

( informal ) sad

I'm feeling a little blue today.

blue 2Ф / blu/noun [ count, noncount] the color of a clear sky when the sun shines She was dressed in blue .

—Look at blues .

blue • ber • ry / 'blu,beri / noun [ count ] ( plural blue . ber . ries )

a small, round, dark blue fruit that grows on a bush blueberry muffins

—Look at the picture at berry . blue-col • lar / ,blu ' kabr / adjective