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con·geal  (kn-jl)

v. con·gealed, con·geal·ing, con·geals

v.intr.

1. To solidify by or as if by freezing: "My aim . . . was to take the Hill by storm before . . . opposition to spending cuts congealed" (David A. Stockman).

2. To coagulate; jell.

v.tr.

To cause to solidify or coagulate or to undergo a process likened to solidification or coagulation. See Synonyms at coagulate.

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[Middle English congelen, from Old French congeler, from Latin congelre : com-, com- + gelre, to freeze; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·geala·ble adj.

con·gealer n.

con·gealment n.

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congeal [kənˈdʒiːl]

vb

1. (Physics / General Physics) to change or cause to change from a soft or fluid state to a firm or solid state

2. (Physics / General Physics) to form or cause to form into a coagulated mass; curdle; jell

3. (intr) (of ideas) to take shape or become fixed in form

[from Old French congeler, from Latin congelāre, from com- together + gelāre to freeze]

congealable  adj

congealer  n

congealment  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

congeal - become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" jell, set solidify - become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled"

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congeal

verb thicken, set, freeze, harden, clot, stiffen, condense, solidify, curdle, jell, coagulate The blood had started to congeal.

Translations

congeal [kənˈdʒiːl]

A. VT → coagular, cuajar

B. VI → coagularse, cuajarse

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congeal [kənˈdʒiːl] vi [fat] → se figer; [blood] → se coaguler

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congeal

vi → erstarren, starr werden; (glue, mud) → hart or fest werden; (blood) → gerinnen; (fig: = with fear) → erstarren

vt → erstarren lassen (also fig); glue, mud → hart werden lassen; blood → gerinnen lassen

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congeal [kənˈdʒiːl] vi → rapprendersi; (blood) → coagularsi, rapprendersi

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congeal [kənˈdʒiːl] vi → rapprendersi; (blood) → coagularsi, rapprendersi

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congeal

v congeal [kənˈdʒiːl]

(especially of blood, grease etc) to solidify when cooled. bevries; stol, dik word, styf word; saamklonter; verhard يَتَجَمَّد ، يَتَخَثَّر (الدَّم) смразявам (се) tuhnout stivne; størkne gefrieren, gerinnen πήζω coagularse, solidificarse tarduma ماسیدن؛ منعقد شدن hyytyä (se) figer לְהַקרִיש जमना, जमाना zalediti, smrznuti, zgrušati megdermed membeku storkna; frjósa coagulare 凝結させる 응혈되다 stingti sasaldēt; sastingt; sarecēt membeku stollen størkne, stivne krzepnąć coagular a (se) coagula, a se închega застывать zmraziť; zraziť strditi se zgrušati se stelna, koagulera แข็งตัวเพราะความเย็น pıhtılaşmak 使(液體)凝結 замерзати; застигати جم جانا làm đông lại 冻结