gelatinize

verb

Definition of gelatinizenext
as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly pain relievers with a gelatinized coating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelatinize
  1. gel
  2. freeze
  3. stiffen
  4. coagulate
  5. congeal
Verb
  • Do some team members gel better with your EA than others?
    Kenzie Biggins, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • That movement gelled into the Make Elections Fair Arizona Act, now on the ballot as Proposition 140.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of gel
Verb
  • However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.
    David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Place them back on the baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes to firm up the chocolate.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of freeze
Verb
  • Certainly, the competition level stiffened recently with Indiana and Ohio State handing the Cornhuskers losses in their two most recent games.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Once the lens stiffens, it cannot be made more supple again.
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of stiffen
Verb
  • As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.
    Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK, theweek, 27 June 2024
  • And when calcium salt is used to coagulate it, tofu is very high in calcium.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
Definition of coagulate
Verb
  • The film dramatically recreates many terrifyingly visceral details of war: blood congealing on faces facing a campfire, birds devouring the eyes of a corpse, a woman walking into a fire that would consume her.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Some thunderstorms may initially develop separately from one another only to ultimately congeal and form powerful lines that deliver greater wind damage.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 26 June 2024
Definition of congeal
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gelating

gelatinize

gelatinized

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