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Congeal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To solidify by or as if by freezing: "My aim . . . was to take the Hill by storm before . . . opposition to spending cuts congealed” ( David A. Stockman).

verb-intransitive. To coagulate; jell.

v. To cause to solidify or coagulate or to undergo a process likened to solidification or coagulation. See Synonyms at coagulate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold

v. To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly

v. To make rigid or immobile

v. To become congealed, solidify

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

v. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

verb-intransitive. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To convert from a fluid to a solid state, especially through loss of heat, as water in freezing, or melted metal or wax in cooling; freeze, stiffen, harden, concrete, or clot.

To check the flow of; cause to run cold; thicken.

To grow hard, stiff, or thick; pass from a fluid to a solid state, especially as an effect of cold; harden; freeze.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. become gelatinous

Word Usage

"If I insist we eat at the table, Sir is prone – however hungry – to leave his meal to congeal on the plate."

Antonym

soften liquify

Verb Form

congealed congealing congeals

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

solidify

Cross Reference

crystallize

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

chill jell set freeze solidify

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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