jelly

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar.
• noun Something, such as a petroleum ointment, having the consistency of a soft, semisolid food substance.
• noun A shapeless, pulpy mass.
• noun Something, such as a body part, that has suddenly become limp or enervated.
• noun A jellyfish.
• noun A jelly sandal.
• intransitive verb To cause to have the consistency of jelly.
• intransitive verb To acquire the consistency of jelly.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Excellent of its kind; worthy.
• noun A jellyfish, as Aurelia or Cyanea.
• noun A viscous or glutinous substance obtained by solution of gelatinous matter, animal or vegetable; hence, any substance of semisolid consistence.
• noun The thickened juice of fruit, or any gelatinous substance, prepared for food: as, currant or guava jelly; calf's-foot jelly; meat jelly.
• noun A mixture of gelatin and glycerin, used as a medium for mounting microscopic objects.
• To make a jelly of; reduce to the consistence of jelly.
• To solidify or congeal; become a jelly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
• noun The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence
• noun a bag through which the material for jelly is strained.
• noun a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes.
• noun (Bot.) Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made.
• noun an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly.
• intransitive verb To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun New Zealand, Australia, UK A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set
• noun A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin
• noun zoology Short for jellyfish.
• noun slang A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
• noun US, slang A large backside, especially a woman's.
• noun colloquial Short for gelignite.
• noun colloquial A jelly shoe.
• verb To wiggle like jelly.
• verb To make jelly.
• adjective slang Jealous.

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

• noun any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
• noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
• noun a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
• verb make into jelly