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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid;
[syn: clot, coagulum]


VERB (4)

1. change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
- Example: "coagulated blood"
[syn: clot, coagulate]

2. cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state;
[syn: clot, coagulate]

3. turn into curds;
- Example: "curdled milk"
[syn: curdle, clabber, clot]

4. coalesce or unite in a mass;
- Example: "Blood clots"
[syn: clog, clot]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clot \Clot\ (kl[o^]t), n. [OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball, G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. cl[=a]te bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.] A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." --Addison. [1913 Webster] Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Note: Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clot \Clot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clotting.] To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clot \Clot\, v. t. To form into a slimy mass. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clot n 1: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn: clot, coagulum] v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate] 2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate] 3: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize] 4: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog, clot]