clot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clot	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clot n a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid Synonym(s): clot, coagulum v change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" Synonym(s): clot, coagulate cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state Synonym(s): clot, coagulate turn into curds; "curdled milk" Synonym(s): curdle, clabber, clot Antonym(s): homogenise, homogenize coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" Synonym(s): clog, clot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clot \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[be]te bur. Cf. {Clod}, n., {Clutter} to clot.] A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. [bd]Clots of pory gore.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clot \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clot \Clot\, v. t. To form into a slimy mass.