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HALF BLOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does half blood mean?
• HALF BLOOD (noun)
The noun HALF BLOOD has 1 sense:
1. one of siblings who have only one parent in common
Familiarity information: HALF BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of siblings who have only one parent in common
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("half blood" is a kind of...):
Context examples
And as it is—only half blood!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And what possible claim could the Miss Dashwoods, who were related to him only by half blood, which she considered as no relationship at all, have on his generosity to so large an amount.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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