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
  • The aesthetic is impeccable but my brain did not gel at all with its tough puzzles.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The trailer starts, as always, in better times, when the group gelled and all got along.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of gel
Verb
  • The cast faced challenges administered by British special forces, including navigating Wales’ tough terrain, drills in the freezing ocean and even a hostage rescue scenario.
    Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Thursday is expected to bring more of the same with even more blustery conditions as winds gust as high as 34 mph and temperatures stay below freezing at 31.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of freeze
Verb
  • But the Ravens defense stiffened at the right time, sacking Wilson with defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike delivering a crunching sack on a third-down play to force a punt as the third quarter came to an end.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The schedule stiffens now, starting with Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies at home on Saturday.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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
Verb
  • 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
Definition of congeal
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gelatinize

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