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# clotting

noun (clotting — uncountable); verb (clot, clots, clotted, clotting — -ing form)

«clotting» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Clotting is when blood thickens and becomes a lump at a cut so that bleeding stops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#m1)
2. Clotting is when any liquid, like cream or milk, becomes thick and lumpy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on the body, tiny parts of the blood called platelets help clotting, which forms a scab over a cut. In health, a «blood clot» inside a vein can be dangerous, so doctors watch for it. In cooking, «clotted cream» from Devon and Cornwall is thick cream made by gentle heating.

### Examples

- Clotting stops a cut from bleeding for ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x1)
- Platelets in the blood help clotting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x2)
- A scab forms after clotting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x3)
- Some people's blood has trouble clotting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x4)
- Press on the cut to help clotting start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x5)
- Clotted cream is thick and yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x6)
- The milk was clotting in the hot sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#x7)

### Note

Double t: clot → clotted, clotting. «Clotted cream» is a fixed food phrase (UK). Haemophilia (US hemophilia) is an illness where blood does not clot well.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clotting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clotting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clotting.html) on Mova free.