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clot
English
Alternative forms
- clout (dated)
Etymology
From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
clot (plural clots)
- A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- A solidified mass of any liquid.
- A silly person.
Derived terms
- clotty
Translations
Verb
clot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted)
- (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
- (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.
Translations
Anagrams
- Colt, TLOC, colt
Catalan
Etymology
Of uncertain, perhaps Indo-European but pre-Roman origin.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?kl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
clot m (plural clots)
- pit, hole
- dip (a lower section of a road or geological feature)
Derived terms
- clota
- clotada
- clotós
Further reading
- “clot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- clotte
Etymology
From Old English clot, clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott; compare clod.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?t/
Noun
clot (plural clottes)
- A clod; a ball of earth or clay.
- The ground; the earth's surface.
- (figuratively) The body.
- (rare) A chunk of turf or soil.
Descendants
- English: clot
References
- “clot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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dill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Rhymes: -?l
Wikispecies
Etymology 1
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
Noun
dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)
- Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
- A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
- Synonym: dill pickle
- (informal) a fool.
- 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
- He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself
- 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
Synonyms
- (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
- (type of pickle): dill pickle
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
- To cook or flavor with dill
See also
- cornichon
- cucumber
- gherkin
- graveolens
- pickled cucumber
- pickle
Etymology 2
Variant of dull
Verb
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
- To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
References
Further reading
- dill at OneLook Dictionary Search
- dill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)
- dill (Anethum graveolens)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.
Pronunciation
Noun
dill c (uncountable)
- the herb dill
Declension
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- dell
- del
- dil
- dl
Etymology
From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /del/, /d?l/
- Rhymes: -el, -?l
Particle
dill
- Used to indicate the infinitive form of a verb; compare English to.
Preposition
dill
- to (indicating destination)
Adverb
dill
- another, one more
Derived terms
dill From the web:
- what dill
- what dillards stores are closing
- what dill dare jem to do
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