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congeal
[kuhn-jeel]
verb (used with or without object)
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing.
The fat congealed on the top of the soup.
Synonyms: , , ,to curdle; coagulate, as a fluid.
to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles.
Some philosophic systems lost their vitality and congealed.
congeal
/ əˈː /
verb
to change or cause to change from a soft or fluid state to a firm or solid state
to form or cause to form into a coagulated mass; curdle; jell
(intr) (of ideas) to take shape or become fixed in form
Other 51Թ Forms
- congealable adjective
- congealability noun
- congealableness noun
- congealedness noun
- congealer noun
- congealment noun
- half-congealed adjective
- noncongealing adjective
- uncongeal verb (used without object)
- uncongealable adjective
- DzˈԳ noun
- Dzˈ noun
- Dzˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of congeal1
Example Sentences
The paint congeals and my spray paint spits out; it doesn't flow smoothly because it's frozen.
Her white hospital bib, tucked into the collar of her grey jumper, is splattered with congealed blood.
These protoplanetary disks slowly congealed into planets — so slowly, in fact, that astronomers speculated all of the protoplanetary disks that once existed have since blown away.
The chips were cold, the queso had congealed and the salad arrived limp and sad.
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye.
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