Definition of "clot"

clot

/klɒt/

noun
plural clots
1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
  Quotations
  Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
3. A silly person.
verb
third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted
1. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
  Quotations
  When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound.
  2023 January 5, Amber Smith, “30 Health Benefits of Turmeric”, in Discover Magazine‎, retrieved 2023-01-05
2. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.
  Quotations
  They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter.
  1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, page 168