blooded
verb
- 1
To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- 2
To let blood (from); to bleed.
- 3
To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
adjective
- 1
Experienced.
“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.”
- 2
Descended from.
“He's a full-blooded Apache.”
- 3
Bloody, bleeding.
- 4
(of horses, cattle, etc.) derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
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