congeal

  • 11congeal — [[t]kənʤi͟ːl[/t]] congeals, congealing, congealed VERB When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid. The blood had started to congeal. [V ed] ...spilled wine mingled with congealed soup …

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  • 12congeal — con·geal || kÉ™n dÊ’iːl v. become frozen; congeal, solidify, jell; freeze; make rigid or immobile …

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  • 13congeal — verb the gravy is starting to congeal Syn: coagulate, clot, thicken, jell, cake, set, curdle …

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  • 14congeal — verb Etymology: Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, from com + gelare to freeze more at cold Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold 2. to make… …

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  • 15congeal — congealable, adj. congealability, congealableness, n. congealedness, n. congealer, n. congealment, n. /keuhn jeel /, v.t., v.i. 1. to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing: The fat congealed on the …

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  • 16congeal — verb /kənˈdʒiːl/ a) To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold b) To coagulate, make curdled or semi solid as gel or jelly …

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  • 17congeal — con·geal kən jē(ə)l vt 1) to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold 2) to make viscid or curdled: COAGULATE vi to become congealed …

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  • 18congeal — Synonyms and related words: adhere, agglomerate, blast, blast freeze, blight, bunch, cake, chill, clabber, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, cohere, concrete, conglomerate, cool, curd, curdle, dry, embrace,… …

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  • 19congeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. solidify, harden, fix, gel, jell, set, coagulate, stiffen, thicken; freeze; condense. See density, hardness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To solidify as by freezing or curdling] Syn. set, refrigerate,… …

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  • 20congeal — con|geal [kənˈdʒi:l] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: congeler, from [i]Latin congelare, from com ( COM ) + gelare to freeze ] if a liquid such as blood congeals, it becomes thick or solid ▪ a pan full of congealed fat …

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