Meanings
nounclot (plural clots)
plural clots · alternative dated clout
- A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- A solidified mass of any liquid.
Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC1 more example
and nothing elſe but euen, A heauie lump and clottred clod of ſeedes togither driuen)
1567, Ovid, The.xv.Bookes of P. Ouidius Naſo, entytuled Metamorphoſis, tranſlated oute of Latin into Engliſh meeter, by Arthur Golding, Gentleman
verbclot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted)
present singular third person clots · participle present clotting · participle past clotted · past clotted · alternative dated clout
- intransitiveTo 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.
2023 January 5, Amber Smith, “30 Health Benefits of Turmeric”, in Discover Magazine, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023 - transitiveTo cause to clot or form into a mass.
They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168
Synonyms & antonyms
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verbcause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gel-
- Proto-Germanic*kluttaz
- Proto-West Germanic*klott
- Old Englishclott
- Middle Englishclot
- Englishclot
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θρόμβος, θρόμβος
- θρόμβος (thrómbos)blood clot
- θρόμβος (thrómbos)solidified mass of any liquid
Bulgarian съсирек, глупак
- съсирек (săsirek)blood clot
- глупак (glupak)a silly person
- съсирвам се (săsirvam se)to form into a clot
- пресичам се (presičam se)to form into a clot
Catalan coàgul, grumoll
- coàgulblood clot
- grumollsolidified mass of any liquid
- beneita silly person
- coagularto cause to clot
- coagular-seto form into a clot
- agrumollar-seto form into a clot
Chinese Mandarin 血塊 /血块, 笨蛋
- 血塊 /血块 (xuèkuài)blood clot
- 笨蛋 (bèndàn)a silly person
- 結塊 /结块 (jiékuài)to form into a clot
Dutch klonter, stommeling
- klonterblood clot
- stommelinga silly person
- idioota silly person
- klonterento form into a clot
- stollento form into a clot
Finnish hyytymä, klimppi
- hyytymäblood clot
- klimppisolidified mass of any liquid
- tolloa silly person
- hyydyttääto cause to clot
- hyytyäto form into a clot
French caillot, thrombus
- caillotblood clot
- thrombusblood clot
- imbécilea silly person
- idiota silly person
- coagulerto form into a clot
- caillerto form into a clot
German Blutgerinnsel, Trottel
- Blutgerinnselblood clot
- Trottela silly person
- Klumpen bildento form into a clot
- klumpento form into a clot
Greek θρόμβος
- θρόμβος (thrómvos)blood clot
Hindi थक्का, थक्का
- थक्का (thakkā)blood clot
- थक्का (thakkā)solidified mass of any liquid
Hungarian vérrög
- vérrögblood clot
Irish teachtán, teachtán
- teachtánblood clot
- teachtánsolidified mass of any liquid
Italian coagulo, trombo
- coaguloblood clot
- tromboblood clot
- grumoblood clot
- idiotaa silly person
- stupidoa silly person
- imbecillea silly person
- coagulareto cause to clot
- coagularsito form into a clot
Japanese (血の)塊, 凝血
- (血の)塊 (katamari)blood clot
- 凝血 (gyōketsu)blood clot
Latin blatta, concrēscere
- blattablood clot
- concrēscereto form into a clot
- coāgulāreto form into a clot
- conglobāreto form into a clot
Māori poketoto, tepe
- poketotoblood clot
- tepeblood clot
- tepetepeblood clot
- tepeto form into a clot
- tetepeto form into a clot
Persian لخته, لخته شدن
- لخته (laxte)blood clot
- لخته شدن (laxte šodan)to form into a clot
Polish skrzep, grudka
- skrzepblood clot
- grudkasolidified mass of any liquid
- krzepnąćto form into a clot
Portuguese trombo, coágulo
- tromboblood clot
- coáguloblood clot
- grumosolidified mass of any liquid
- boboa silly person
- coagularto cause to clot
- coagularto form into a clot
Romanian cheag, tromb
- cheagblood clot
- trombblood clot
- coagulato cause to clot
- închegato form into a clot
Russian сгу́сток, болва́н
- сгу́сток (sgústok)blood clot
- болва́н (bolván)a silly person
- сгуща́ть (sguščátʹ)to cause to clot
- сгусти́ть (sgustítʹ)to cause to clot
- свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ)to cause to clot
- сверну́ть (svernútʹ)to cause to clot
- сгуща́ться (sguščátʹsja)to form into a clot
- сгусти́ться (sgustítʹsja)to form into a clot
- свёртываться (svjórtyvatʹsja)to form into a clot
- сверну́ться (svernútʹsja)to form into a clot
- запека́ться (zapekátʹsja)to form into a clot
- запе́чься (zapéčʹsja)to form into a clot
Spanish coágulo, cuajarón
- coáguloblood clot
- cuajarónblood clot
- coagularseto form into a clot
Thai ลิ่ม
- ลิ่ม (lîm)blood clot
Turkish pıhtı, pıhtılaşmak
- pıhtıblood clot
- pıhtılaşmakto form into a clot
Ukrainian тромб, згу́сток кро́ві
- тромб (tromb)blood clot
- згу́сток кро́ві (zhústok króvi)blood clot
- згу́сток (zhústok)solidified mass of any liquid
Welsh tolch, tolchen
- tolchblood clot
- tolchenblood clot
- tolchsolidified mass of any liquid
- ceuladsolidified mass of any liquid
- tolchito cause to clot
- tolchito form into a clot
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with clot
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