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·ted a. Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul. “The clotted glebe.”
When lust . . .
Lets in defilement to the inward parts,
The soul grows clotted by contagion. --Milton.
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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]
clotted
adj : thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or
clots); "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together" [syn:
clogged]