clot /ˈklɑt/
凝塊,群(vt.)(vi.)(使)凝結,(使)聚集
clot /ˈklɑt/ 名詞
凝塊,血塊
Clot n. A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. “Clots of pory gore.”
Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. --Bacon.
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.
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 clot or clod.
Clot, v. t. To form into, or cover with, clots; to cause to coagulate; to make into a slimy mass.
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clot
n : a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn:
coagulum]
v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: coagulate]
2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
[syn: coagulate]
3: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber]
[ant: homogenize, homogenize, homogenize]
4: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog]
[also: clotting, clotted]