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Clot

//klɒt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
  2. 2
    a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid wordnet
  3. 3
    A solidified mass of any liquid.

    "and nothing elſe but euen, A heauie lump and clottred clod of ſeedes togither driuen)"

  4. 4
    A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form a clot or mass. intransitive

    "When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound."

  2. 2
    coalesce or unite in a mass wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to clot or form into a mass. transitive

    "They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter."

  4. 4
    turn into curds wordnet
  5. 5
    change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state wordnet
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  1. 6
    cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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