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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clot /klɑt/USA pronunciation n., v., clot•ted, clot•ting. n. [countable] - a semisolid mass, such as of blood:Blood clots had blocked his arteries.
- British TermsBrit. blockhead.
v. - to (cause to) form into clots;
coagulate: [no object]That substance helps blood to clot faster.[~ + object]That substance clots blood.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clot (klot),USA pronunciation n., v., clot•ted, clot•ting. n. - a mass or lump.
- a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
- a small compact group of individuals:a clot of sightseers massed at the entrance.
- British Termsblockhead, dolt, clod.
v.i. - to form into clots;
coagulate.
v.t. - to cause to clot.
- to cover with clots:Carefully aimed snowballs clotted the house.
- to cause to become blocked or obscured:to clot the book's narrative with too many characters.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English clott lump; cognate with Middle Dutch klotte, German Klotz block, log (compare klutz)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clot /klɒt/ n - a soft thick lump or mass
- Brit informal a stupid person; fool
vb (clots, clotting, clotted)- to form or cause to form into a soft thick lump or lumps
Etymology: Old English clott, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch klotte block, lump |