Clotting

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clotting
       See {clot}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clotting
       n : the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: {curdling},
            {coagulation}]