curdling, clotting, coagulation
(noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
clog, clot
(verb) coalesce or unite in a mass; “Blood clots”
curdle, clabber, clot
(verb) turn into curds; “curdled milk”
clot, coagulate
(verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; “coagulated blood”
clot, coagulate
(verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clotting
present participle of clot
clotting (plural clottings)
Clotted material.
There is only Gina, come down from the Villa, / her outrageous umbrella striped like a medicine ball / for the balancing act of a poodle, / to toil in the clottings of fog and the world's / suppuration […]
Source: Wiktionary
Clot, n. Etym: [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. clate bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.]
Definition: A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." Addison. 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.]
Definition: To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
Clot, v. t.
Definition: To form into a slimy mass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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