Entry Word: coagulate

Function: verb

Meaning: to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly <the blood coagulated, and a scab formed on the wound>

Synonyms clot, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, set

Related Words concrete, firm (up), freeze, harden, solidify, stiffen; condense, thicken; curdle, lump (up)

Near Antonyms deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, thaw