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clotting

clotting is the present participle and gerund of clot.

Meaning of clot

Verb

clot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted)

  1. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
    • 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, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023
  2. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.
    • 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, →OCLC, page 168

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Noun

clotting (plural clottings)

  1. 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 […]a. 2003, Ben Belitt, Brutto Tempo

Forms of clotting

pluralclottings

Words formed from clotting

Phrases with clotting

Questions about clotting

What does clotting mean?
Clotting means clotted material.
What is clotting the present participle and gerund of?
Clotting is the present participle and gerund of clot.
What part of speech is clotting?
Clotting is a noun.
What is the plural of clotting?
The plural of clotting is clottings.

Words near clotting in the dictionary

  1. clotter
  2. clottered
  3. clottering
  4. clotters
  5. clottiness
  6. clotting
  7. clotting factor
  8. clotting factor II
  9. clotting factors
  10. clotting time
  11. clotting times

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