clotting

Variant of clot

clot definition

clot (klät)

noun

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

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb clotted clot′·ted, clotting clot′·ting

to thicken or form into a clot or clots; coagulate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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