jelly

²jelly

verb

jel·liedjel·ly·ing

Definition of JELLY

intransitive verb

1

: jell

2

: to make jelly

transitive verb

: to bring to the consistency of jelly

Examples of JELLY

1. <this fruit juice is taking longer to jelly than I expected>

First Known Use of JELLY

1590

Related to JELLY

Synonyms: clot, congeal, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, coagulate, set

Related Words: cake, concrete, firm (up), fix, freeze, harden, indurate, solidify, stiffen; condense, thicken; clump, curd, curdle, gum, lump (up)

Near Antonyms: deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy (also liquify), melt, thaw

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Rhymes with JELLY

belly