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to clot

to clot

18 5.6
To become thick and form lumps in a liquid, for example blood or milk
  • verb
  • /klɑt/
: coagular
  • This becomes so widespread that it uses up all the body's clotting factors, so the blood fails to clot at all and bleeding begins.
  • allowing them to clot

And so that roughening up of the inner lining can actually make blood cells clot, stick and form a clot.

Examples

  • The blood was already beginning to clot.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • And so blood will clot when it hits that unnatural surface.

  • And so that roughening up of the inner lining can actually make blood cells clot, stick and form a clot.

    ZOE

  • Vitamin K is a naturally occurring vitamin in humans that helps the blood to clot.

    Blog text (24)

  • A variety of proteins is involved in the mechanism, and blood won't clot if they don't work together properly.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • He found the two holes in his scalp, probed them with his fingers, and found them numb and beginning to clot shut.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • When exposed to air, the liquid began to clot, forming solid lumps.

  • After the injury, it took a while for the blood to clot and stop the bleeding.

  • The doctor explained that he needed to monitor how quickly the patient's blood would clot after his surgery.

Synonyms

to curdle
vsto clot
8 4.1

To become thick and form small lumps, like milk when it turns sour

applies more widely to thickening into lumps in liquids like blood
to coagulate
vsto clot
  • Specialized
6 7.7

To make a liquid become thick or solid

is a general thickening into lumps without stressing chemical cause
to clabber
vsto clot
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To become thick and a little sour like milk left out

is the general thickening into lumps not tied to sour milk
to flocculate
vsto clot
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To form small clumps from tiny particles in a liquid

forms larger lumps or masses rather than tiny particle clumps

Antonyms

to dissolve
63 2.4

To mix into a liquid so it becomes part of it

to liquefy
  • Specialized
12 4.4

To change a solid or gas into a liquid, often by heating

Compounds

blood clot
  • Specialized
38 3.8

A thick mass of blood that forms when it becomes solid and can block a blood vessel

clot buster
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A medicine that breaks up blood clots that block blood flow, often in the heart

How Solid

to solidify
54 4.4
to clot
18 5.6
to curdle
8 4.1
to thicken
37 2.3
flow
232 1.0

Surface Forms

clot infinitive
clotted past
clotted past participle
clotting present participle
clots third person singular

Etymology

Clot as a verb comes from the old English clott, which means 'lump'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a liquid turning into a lump, so when blood or milk 'clots' it becomes thick and stops flowing.