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CONGEAL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they congeal ... he / she / it congeals
Past simple: congealed
Past participle: congealed
-ing form: congealing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become gelatinous
Example:
the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "congeal" is one way to...):
solidify (become solid)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
congelation (the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing)
