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# clotting

«clotting» in Mova's school dictionary: **when blood thickens and becomes a lump at a cut so that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Clotting is when blood thickens and becomes a lump at a cut so that bleeding stops. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Komodo dragons have venom glands in their jaws; the venom stops blood clotting and weakens prey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clotting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clotting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.