1
as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid
the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures
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as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the gravy had already started to congeal by the time the waiter served our dinners
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Recent Examples of congeal
Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.
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Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
Episodes don’t feel like episodes, so much as chunks of one long blob-like thing meant to congeal around the edges of each movie.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
Anti-Chinese sentiment is starting to congeal into concrete pushback.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
For example, William of Auvergne, who served as bishop of Paris in the thirteenth century, described the need to convert fleeting passions such as love and joy into lasting dispositions—and to avoid allowing hate, pain, or anger to congeal similarly.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
Episodes don’t feel like episodes, so much as chunks of one long blob-like thing meant to congeal around the edges of each movie.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
Anti-Chinese sentiment is starting to congeal into concrete pushback.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
For example, William of Auvergne, who served as bishop of Paris in the thirteenth century, described the need to convert fleeting passions such as love and joy into lasting dispositions—and to avoid allowing hate, pain, or anger to congeal similarly.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeal
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Save and freeze the leftover stock for soups, stews, sore throats, and more.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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Here, The Athletic explains what has changed… Season and match ticket prices frozen Tottenham announced matchday and season ticket prices for their men’s and women’s teams will be frozen for the 2025-26 season.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Let the mixture sit overnight in the fridge—the seeds will gel and expand into a pudding-like consistency.—
Devineé Lingo, M.S.,
Health,
11 Mar. 2025
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The endgame manages to gel the best parts of Split Fiction together and delivers a showstopping, genre-fusing, radical evolution of everything that comes before it.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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Tomato seedlings that aren't hardened off can struggle to grow or adapt to the outdoor climate after transplanting.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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March 27 is an opportunity to dissolve barriers between the heart and the soul, and to soften the edges where hurt has hardened us.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
20 Mar. 2025
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After a second quarter defensive letdown, the Heat stiffened against a team that leads the league in points per 100 possessions, at 122.4.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Exercise Too much sitting can cause muscles to stiffen, and moving around more can help ease aches and pains.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Hope needs to find hope and coagulate into a giant hope.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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Still, blood’s habit of coagulating, so useful in the body, proved a challenge outside of it: within a few minutes of beginning a transfusion, clots would gum up the needles and tubes, seriously limiting the quantity of blood that could be moved from person to person.—
Nicola Twilley,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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But the combination of Metcalf and Pickens will be a nightmare for opposing secondaries, so long as Pickens can jell with the more proven wideout.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Context: While Jokić's monster numbers are crucial, Denver's overall chemistry appears to have jelled over the past two months.—
Esteban L. Hernandez,
Axios,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Congeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeal. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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