congealed; congealing; congeals
1
: to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
The cold congealed the water into ice.
2
: to make viscid or curdled : coagulate
3
: to make rigid, fixed, or immobile
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Examples of congeal in a Sentence
The gravy began to congeal in the pan.
the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures
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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.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
Anti-Chinese sentiment is starting to congeal into concrete pushback.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
For example, William of Auvergne, who served as bishop of Paris in the thirteenth century, described the need to convert fleeting passions such as love and joy into lasting dispositions—and to avoid allowing hate, pain, or anger to congeal similarly.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
Anti-Chinese sentiment is starting to congeal into concrete pushback.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
For example, William of Auvergne, who served as bishop of Paris in the thirteenth century, described the need to convert fleeting passions such as love and joy into lasting dispositions—and to avoid allowing hate, pain, or anger to congeal similarly.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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
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congeal
verb
con·geal
kən-ˈjē(ə)l 
1
: to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
2
: to make or become stiff, thick, or lumpy : coagulate
Medical Definition
congeal
transitive verb
con·geal
kən-ˈjē(ə)l
1
: to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
2
: to make viscid or curdled : coagulate
: to become congealed
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