clot
noun
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L16254 on Wikidata ↗verb
- cause to clump together
- form into a solidified mass
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /klɒt/ / /klɔt/ / /klɑt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.
- A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- A solidified mass of any liquid.
“and nothing elſe but euen, A heauie lump and clottred clod of ſeedes togither driuen)”
“Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.”
- A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.
- To form a clot or mass.
“When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound.”
- To cause to clot or form into a mass.
“They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter.”