gelate

verb

ˈje-ˌlāt How to pronounce gelate (audio)
Definition of gelatenext
as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelate
  1. gel
  2. freeze
  3. stiffen
  4. coagulate
Verb
  • Despite having solid individual contributors, this team never gelled.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There may be a period of adjustment before Smith Rowe gels with his team-mates.
    Alex Brodie, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of gel
Verb
  • While freezing temperatures will be experienced in parts of northern Florida on Friday and Saturday, this week's cold snap was not expected to result in snowfall anywhere in the state.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In February 2021, a winter storm brought days of freezing temperatures that knocked out power and heat to millions of Texans and led to nearly 250 deaths.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of freeze
Verb
  • After this revelation, competition began to stiffen, and in 2012 the Ecke family sold its company to a Dutch agricultural operation, citing global competition and consolidation.
    Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That’s because, in addition to stiffening smartphone competition, President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of China tariffs could weigh on device sales even more.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of stiffen
Verb
  • Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of coagulate
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