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clot
(klŏt)n.
1. A thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood.
2. A clump, mass, or lump, as of clay.
3. A compact group: a clot of trucks blocking the tunnel's entrance.
v. clot·ted, clot·ting, clots
v.intr.
To form into a clot or clots; coagulate: The blood clotted over the wound.
v.tr.
1. To cause to form into a clot or clots.
2. To fill or cover with or as if with clots.
[Middle English, from Old English clott, lump.]
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clot
(klɒt)n
1. a soft thick lump or mass: a clot of blood.
2. informal Brit a stupid person; fool
vb, clots, clotting or clotted
to form or cause to form into a soft thick lump or lumps
[Old English clott, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch klotte block, lump]
ˈclottish adj
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clot
(klɒt)n., v. clot•ted, clot•ting. n.
1. a mass or lump.
2. a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
3. a small compact group of individuals; cluster.
4. Brit. blockhead.
v.i. 5. to form into clots; coagulate.
v.t. 6. to cause to clot.
7. to cover with clots.
8. to cause to become blocked or obscured.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English clott lump]
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clot
(klŏt) A thickened or solid mass formed from a liquid: a blood clot.
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clot
Past participle: clotted
Gerund: clotting
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| Noun | 1. | clot - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid thrombus - a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin embolus - an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood |
| Verb | 1. | clot - change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" curdle - turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled" |
| 2. | clot - cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | |
| 3. | clot - turn into curds; "curdled milk" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | |
| 4. | clot - coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" coalesce - fuse or cause to grow together |
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clot
noun
1. lump, mass, clotting, curdling, gob, embolism, coagulation, thrombus (technical), occlusion, embolus (technical) He needed emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
2. (Brit. informal) idiot, fool, dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), ass, plank (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), charlie (Brit. informal), coot, nit (informal), geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), buffoon, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), fuckwit (taboo slang), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull, twerp or twirp (informal) He has always been a bit of a clot.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
clot
(klot) noun1. soft or fluid matter (especially blood) formed into a solid mass. a clot of blood.coágulo
2. a fool or an idiot. tonto
verb – past tense, past participle ˈclotted – to form into clots. Most people's blood clots easily.coagular
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clot
n. cóagulo, cuajo, grumo,
pop. cuajarón.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
clot
n coágulo; — buster (fam) trombolítico, medicamento que disuelve los coágulos; vi (pret & pp clotted; ger clotting) coagularseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.