coagulating

verb

present participle of coagulate
as in gelling
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the blood coagulated, and a scab formed on the wound

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Recent Examples of coagulating As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026 Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coagulating
  1. gelling
  2. freezing
  3. stiffening
  4. congealing
  5. clotting
  6. gelatinizing
Verb
  • First, Redick offered a shady response about the team gelling after superstar LeBron James departed.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Carrick using Mbeumo as a centre-forward is not new — but the way United’s forward line is gelling around him is.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of gelling
Verb
  • Though freezing overnight lows can still be expected throughout the month, afternoon highs are predicted to remain in the 40s before warming to the low 50s by the end of February.
    — Hali Smith October 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Ice•ology trays use a slow-freezing process designed to separate impurities and air bubbles from the ice, creating crystal-clear cubes that elevate cocktails, mocktails and everyday beverages.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of freezing
Verb
  • Proposition 132 attempts to address these concerns by stiffening legal penalties.
    — Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But one of the positives Glenn highlighted was the defense stiffening in the red zone against Chicago, which went 2 of 7 inside the New York 20-yard line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of stiffening
Verb
  • The career that has followed has been the rare one that survived a child-star debut without ever congealing into the obvious next thing.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of congealing
Verb
  • An anticoagulant in their saliva prevents the blood from clotting up.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Kotthaus answered that it was disseminated intravascular coagulation—a blood-clotting disorder.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of clotting
Verb
  • Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of gelatinizing

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“Coagulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coagulating. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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