Meaning of CLOT
Pronunciation: | | klât
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- [n] a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- [v] coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"
- [v] turn into curds,as of dairy products; "curdled milk"
- [v] change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"
- [v] cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
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| Synonyms: | | clabber, clog, coagulate, coagulum, curdle |
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| Antonyms: | | homogenise, homogenize | |
| See Also: | | alter, ball, change, change state, chunk, clod, clump, coalesce, embolus, glob, lump, thrombus, turn | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Clot\, n. [OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball,
G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot
bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. cl[=a]te bur. Cf. {Clod},
n., {Clutter} to clot.]
A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated
mass, as of blood; a coagulum. ``Clots of pory gore.''
--Addison.
Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
--Bacon.
Note: Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and
are so used by early writers; but in present use clod
is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to
a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.
\Clot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clotting}.]
To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter
by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
\Clot\, v. t.
To form into a slimy mass.
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| Definition: | | Coagulated blood. |
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