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full-blood·ed

(fo͝ol′blŭd′ĭd)
adj.
1.
a. Of unmixed ancestry; purebred.
b. Related by way of having the same parents.
2.
a. Not pale or anemic; florid or ruddy.
b. Vigorous and vital.
3. Complete in all respects.
full′-blood′ed·ness n.
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full-blooded

adj
1. (Genetics) (esp of horses) of unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred
2. having great vigour or health; hearty; virile
ˌfull-ˈbloodedness n
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full′-blood′ed



adj.
1. of unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred.
2. vigorous; virile; hearty.
[1765–75, Amer.]
full′-blood′ed•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. full-blooded - of unmixed ancestry; "full-blooded Native American"; "blooded Jersies"
purebred - bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain
2. full-blooded - endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health"
healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
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full-blooded

adjective wholehearted, full, complete, sweeping, thorough, uncompromising, exhaustive, all-embracing Full-blooded market reform is the only way to save the economy.
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full-blooded

adjective
1. Of pure breeding stock:
2. Of a healthy reddish color:
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Translations

full-blooded

[ˈfʊlˈblʌdɪd] ADJ
1. (= vigorous) [attack] → vigoroso ; [character] → viril, vigoroso
2. (= thoroughbred) → (de) pura sangre
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full-blooded

[ˌfʊlˈblʌdɪd] adj (vigorous, attack, support) → vigoroso/a; (virile) → virile
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The stout man rose, frowned, shrugged his shoulders, and evidently trying to appear firm began to pull on his jacket without looking about him, but suddenly his lips trembled and he began to cry, in the way full-blooded grown-up men cry, though angry with himself for doing so.
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The sledge-driver was splendid in a white shirt-collar sticking out over his overcoat and into his strong, full-blooded red neck.
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I was just human, and I was taking the path in the world that men took--men whom I admired, if you please; full-blooded men, lusty, breedy, chesty men, free spirits and anything but niggards in the way they foamed life away.
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It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded, breaks out in this way through emotion, so I hazarded the opinion that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man.
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A full-blooded young fellow in a frock-coat flung the right door open at my summons.
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What court or capital can equal this, for full-blooded men?"
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The Abyssinians themselves are a fine looking race of black men--tall, muscular, with fine teeth, and regular features, which incline distinctly toward Semitic mold--I refer to the full-blooded natives of Abyssinia.
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I think that I love society as much as most, and am ready enough to fasten myself like a bloodsucker for the time to any full-blooded man that comes in my way.
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Meinong's "act" is the ghost of the subject, or what once was the full-blooded soul.
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He was a hearty, full-blooded fellow, full of spirits and energy, the very opposite to me in most respects, but we had some subjects in common, and it was a bond of union when I found that he was as friendless as I.
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He was full-blooded native, descended out of the oldest and highest chief-stock that traced back to Manua which was the primeval sea home of the race.
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He is also a Caribbean negro, full-blooded, and the blackest in the United State;.
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