noun
Meaning 1
The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bloodline
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈblʌdˌlaɪn/
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CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 D L AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The pedigree of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
By extension, the predecessors of a particular item or product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A line of dark red muscle running down the middle of a fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
ancestry of a purebred animal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pedigree
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
noun
Meaning 6
the descendants of one individual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his entire lineage has been warriors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: genealogy, family tree
Narrower terms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry, side
History
Etymology
From blood + line.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: نَسَب (nasab) — link between a person and their ancestors
- French: lignée — link between a person and their ancestors
- German: Blutlinie — link between a person and their ancestors
- Marshallese: bwij — link between a person and their ancestors
- Russian: род (rod) — link between a person and their ancestors
- Russian: родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja) — link between a person and their ancestors
- Spanish: progenie — link between a person and their ancestors
- Spanish: línea sanguínea / sanguina — link between a person and their ancestors
- Swedish: blodslinje — link between a person and their ancestors
- German: Blutlinie — pedigree of an animal
Real reading context