1
as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid
the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures
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2
as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the gravy had already started to congeal by the time the waiter served our dinners
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Recent Examples of congeal
In the adjacent living room, the remains of a lobster dinner were congealing.
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Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Especially with The Minecraft Movie congealing at the two-month mark.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
The storms are expected to congeal into lines of storms, with damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
The old Whig virtuoso Thurlow Weed, unable to stand the pace of change, drifted toward reaction and irrelevance, while Edwin Stanton, a careerist Democratic lawyer until 1861, congealed into a militant and relentless secretary of war.
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Especially with The Minecraft Movie congealing at the two-month mark.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
The storms are expected to congeal into lines of storms, with damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
The old Whig virtuoso Thurlow Weed, unable to stand the pace of change, drifted toward reaction and irrelevance, while Edwin Stanton, a careerist Democratic lawyer until 1861, congealed into a militant and relentless secretary of war.
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeal
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Stop watering when the ground freezes and restart the watering routine in spring once garlic starts to sprout.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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Emails included in the lawsuit between Zuckerberg and the company's tech support team date back to May 2020, in which similar account freezes from 2017 are mentioned.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
6 Sep. 2025
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Things begin to gel halfway through the season, especially as more aspects of the characters’ personalities and personal lives are revealed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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The early reaction from critics on the Lido has been all over the map, with some raves, some middling scores and some who didn’t gel with the movie — or its leads — at all.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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But as Beijing hardens its ties with Russia, North Korea and other nations unfriendly to the West, the emergence of two camps and the contest between them appears clearer than ever.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Veith realized this reversible property, known as shear thickening, could be used to create a protective additive that instantly hardens under impact, dramatically reducing the risk of fires in lithium-ion batteries.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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But most recently it has been hit from several sides, most notably stiffening competition primarily from Amazon, off-pricers and membership clubs as well as Walmart and Target.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lane picked up three on first down, but the Otay Ranch defense stiffened, turning back the next two runs for no gain.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Everything just kind of jelled together the right way.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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The team will then break for six weeks before returning for training camp in late July, at which point Maye and the rest of the offense will have weeks to continue jelling before the season begins.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2025
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“Congeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeal. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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