as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
Let the mixture sit overnight in the fridge—the seeds will gel and expand into a pudding-like consistency.
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Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 11 Mar. 2025
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
Bay Area: might be too much to ask three new players to gel so quickly.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Sean Baker gelled his micro-bangs up off his forehead for the first time this awards season and got to work.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 11 Mar. 2025
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
Bay Area: might be too much to ask three new players to gel so quickly.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Sean Baker gelled his micro-bangs up off his forehead for the first time this awards season and got to work.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
Verb
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On March 25, the Wall Street Journal reported that HHS was considering freezing $27.5 million out of the more than $200 million allocated for Title X’s annual budget.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Canada’s transportation minister later froze the payments and is investigating the validity of the sales.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Inflation, perhaps stiffened by tariffs, and uncertainty over the future of the labor market have left consumers feeling uneasy.—
DeArbea Walker,
Forbes.com,
28 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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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
24 May 2018
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From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.—
CNN,
CNN,
26 Oct. 2017
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The vaunted big three of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal just never jelled into the offensive juggernaut they were supposed to become.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 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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But there was another possible explanation the company didn’t discuss: Blood could coagulate inside the filter if the dialysis machine’s flow rate was set too low.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hope needs to find hope and coagulate into a giant hope.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The pre-grated kind sold in containers will clump in the sauce, ruining the creamy and smooth texture.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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The buildable formula won’t clump, flake or smudge.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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On the road were bodies, bullet casings and congealing pools of blood.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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Pools of blood filled the crevices and congealed in clots.—
Enrique Krauze,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2013
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An acute subdural hematoma is usually actively bleeding, while a chronic subdural hematoma has mainly clotted blood.—
Smita Patel,
Verywell Health,
24 Mar. 2025
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When your bleeding is severe, your blood cannot clot fast enough, and the bleeding is uncontrolled.2 Shock can occur once fluid loss reaches 15% of your total body fluid volume.—
Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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