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clot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /klɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /klɑt/ (General-American, dialectal) in Canada
  • /klɒt/ (New-Zealand)
  • /klɒt/ (Canada, dialectal) in the US
  • /klɔt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /klɔ̟t/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /klɔt/ (Australia)
  • /klɔt/ (Boston, Pennsylvania, Western)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Germanic *kluttaz Proto-West Germanic *klott Old English clott Middle English clot English clot 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.

Meanings

  1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
  2. 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 […], →OCLC:
    • 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:
  3. A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
clots Number=Plur lexicographic
clout alternative, dated lexicographic

Deriveds

blood clot · coroner's clot · periclot · clotshot · microclot · anticlot · euglobulin clot lysis time · clutter · clotty · clot retraction time

Synonyms

coagulum · coagulate

Translations (72)

la blatta (blood clot) · mi poketoto (blood clot) · bg глупак (a silly person) · enm clod (blood clot) · pt grumo (solidified mass of any liquid) · ota پختی (solidified mass of any liquid) · th ลิ่ม (blood clot) · wa alot (blood clot) · gv çhaghtane (blood clot) · ca coàgul (blood clot) · uk згу́сток (solidified mass of any liquid) · mi tepe (blood clot) · pt bobo (a silly person) · fa لخته (blood clot) · ja (血の)塊 (blood clot) · oc grumèl (blood clot) · fi hyytymä (blood clot) · es cuajarón (blood clot) · es coágulo (blood clot) · it grumo (blood clot) · de Trottel (a silly person) · ca grumoll (solidified mass of any liquid) · hi थक्का (blood clot) · ga teachtán (blood clot) · mi tepetepe (blood clot) · gl grolo (solidified mass of any liquid) · it coagulo (blood clot) · fi tollo (a silly person) · io grumelo (blood clot) · pl grudka (solidified mass of any liquid) · cy ceulad (solidified mass of any liquid) · pt trombo (blood clot) · el θρόμβος (blood clot) · it stupido (a silly person) · fr idiot (a silly person) · cmn 血塊 /血块 (blood clot) · nl stommeling (a silly person) · grc θρόμβος (solidified mass of any liquid) · ro cheag (blood clot) · nl idioot (a silly person) · uk тромб (blood clot) · fi klimppi (solidified mass of any liquid) · rup cljag (blood clot) · it imbecille (a silly person) · cy tolch (blood clot) · pt coágulo (blood clot) · oc grumèu (blood clot) · cy tolch (solidified mass of any liquid) · ca beneit (a silly person) · hi थक्का (solidified mass of any liquid) · ja 凝血 (blood clot) · cmn 笨蛋 (a silly person) · it trombo (blood clot) · nl klonter (blood clot) · oc tromb (blood clot) · ru болва́н (a silly person) · it idiota (a silly person) · de Blutgerinnsel (blood clot) · ro tromb (blood clot) · gv glub (solidified mass of any liquid) · cy tolchen (blood clot) · uk згу́сток кро́ві (blood clot) · tr pıhtı (blood clot) · bg съсирек (blood clot) · fr imbécile (a silly person) · ga teachtán (solidified mass of any liquid) · grc θρόμβος (blood clot) · fr caillot (blood clot) · pl skrzep (blood clot) · fr thrombus (blood clot) · ru сгу́сток (blood clot) · hu vérrög (blood clot)

clot en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /klɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /klɑt/ (General-American, dialectal) in Canada
  • /klɒt/ (New-Zealand)
  • /klɒt/ (Canada, dialectal) in the US
  • /klɔt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /klɔ̟t/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /klɔt/ (Australia)
  • /klɔt/ (Boston, Pennsylvania, Western)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Germanic *kluttaz Proto-West Germanic *klott Old English clott Middle English clot English clot 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.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To 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:
  2. (transitive) To 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
clotting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clotted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clotted Tense=Past lexicographic
clout alternative, dated lexicographic
clots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

clottable · clottish · kaolin clotting time · clottability · clotting factor

Synonyms

congeal · coagulate

Translations (52)

cmn 結塊 /结块 (to form into a clot) · ru запека́ться (to form into a clot) · mi tetepe (to form into a clot) · gv çhiu (to cause to clot) · fr coaguler (to form into a clot) · gl trallar (to form into a clot) · ru сгуща́ть (to cause to clot) · io grumeleskar (to form into a clot) · ca agrumollar-se (to form into a clot) · es coagularse (to form into a clot) · gv binjee (dairtying) (to form into a clot) · gv binjee (to cause to clot) · ru запе́чься (to form into a clot) · it coagularsi (to form into a clot) · ru сгусти́ться (to form into a clot) · fa لخته شدن (to form into a clot) · ru свёртывать (to cause to clot) · cy tolchi (to form into a clot) · gv glub (to cause to clot) · gv glub (to form into a clot) · rup ncljeg (to form into a clot) · it coagulare (to cause to clot) · la conglobāre (to form into a clot) · nl klonteren (to form into a clot) · ru сверну́ть (to cause to clot) · cy tolchi (to cause to clot) · gv çhiu (to form into a clot) · la coāgulāre (to form into a clot) · pl krzepnąć (to form into a clot) · fi hyydyttää (to cause to clot) · tr pıhtılaşmak (to form into a clot) · la concrēscere (to form into a clot) · bg пресичам се (to form into a clot) · pt coagular (to form into a clot) · ru сгуща́ться (to form into a clot) · nl stollen (to form into a clot) · fi hyytyä (to form into a clot) · ru сверну́ться (to form into a clot) · ru свёртываться (to form into a clot) · fr cailler (to form into a clot) · ru сгусти́ть (to cause to clot) · gl callar (to form into a clot) · mi tepe (to form into a clot) · pt coagular (to cause to clot) · ro închega (to form into a clot) · ca coagular (to cause to clot) · ca coagular-se (to form into a clot) · de Klumpen bilden (to form into a clot) · ota پختیلانمق (to form into a clot) · bg съсирвам се (to form into a clot) · de klumpen (to form into a clot) · ro coagula (to cause to clot)