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To clot is to thicken.

(verb)

An example of clot is for blood to thicken after the skin is cut.

The definition of a clot is a lump of earth or clay, a thickened mass of a liquid, or someone who is stupid.

(noun)

An example of a clot is a bit of clay that you can pick up using your hands.
An example of a clot is thickened blood at the edge of a cut.
An example of a clot is a person who asks questions with obvious answers.

See clot in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a soft lump of earth, clay, etc.; clod
a soft, thickened area or lump formed on or within a liquid: a blood clot
a thick or jumbled mass or cluster; agglomeration
Brit., Slang a stupid or silly person; fool

Origin: ME & OE: akin to Du kloot, ball, Ger klotz, a block: for IE base see climb

transitive verb, intransitive verb clotted, clotting

to thicken or form into a clot or clots; coagulate

See clot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood.
A clump, mass, or lump, as of clay.
A compact group: a clot of automobiles blocking the tunnel's entrance.

verb clot·ted, clot·ting, clots

verb, intransitive

To form into a clot or clots; coagulate.

verb, transitive

To cause to form into a clot or clots. See Synonyms at coagulate.
To fill or cover with or as if with clots.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English clott, lump

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