This entry is concerned with the use of the word кровь to refer to human and animal blood. Common sense will dictate which of the expressions in this entry can or cannot be used to refer to animals or humans. The word кровь is also
used to refer to close kinship, e.g. люди, близкие по крови "close relatives," to temperament, e.g. горячая кровь "passionate nature," and to bloodshed, e.g. Не хотелось больше крови, не хотелось ненужных смертей. "One
didn't want any more bloodshed and unnecessary deaths." These meanings are not described in this dictionary.