Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To solidify or coagulate.
- intransitive verb To come together so as to form a whole or produce a result.
- intransitive verb To cause to solidify or coagulate.
- intransitive verb To cause to come together to form a whole or produce a result.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
- transitive verb To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To change from a
liquid tosolid state perhaps by cold - verb transitive To
coagulate , makecurdled or semi-solid asgel orjelly - verb transitive To make
rigid orimmobile - verb intransitive To become congealed,
solidify
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become gelatinous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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That sense of betrayal begins when skepticism gives way to certainty, when possibilities congeal into formulaic ideology.
Robert Teitelman: Michael Hirsh's "Capital Offense" Robert Teitelman 2010
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That sense of betrayal begins when skepticism gives way to certainty, when possibilities congeal into formulaic ideology.
Robert Teitelman: Michael Hirsh's "Capital Offense" Robert Teitelman 2010
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When organizations decay, they don't shrink and dry up, they ... congeal.
Globalization 2009
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They don't have a single-discipline talent but rather a multitude of abilities that congeal into what our culture defines as interesting.
Ben Uyeda: What Do the Kardashians Have in Common With the Occupy Movement? Ben Uyeda 2012
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When organizations decay, they don't shrink and dry up, they ... congeal.
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When organizations decay, they don't shrink and dry up, they ... congeal.
Innovation 2010
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When organizations decay, they don't shrink and dry up, they ... congeal.
the brittle truth 2009
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If I insist we eat at the table, Sir is prone – however hungry – to leave his meal to congeal on the plate.
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When organizations decay, they don't shrink and dry up, they ... congeal.
Pop Culture 2010
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Roasted marrow bones had been allowed to cool for too long, and the marrow had started to congeal.
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