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
Storms initiating in eastern Montana are forecast to congeal into a mesoscale convective system and sweep across parts of the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa by Wednesday morning.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The presumption that this administration was indirectly responsible for the deaths in Texas soon congealed into a consensus in online forums.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 July 2025
But a match that leaves the crowd cold will congeal before your eyes.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 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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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The presumption that this administration was indirectly responsible for the deaths in Texas soon congealed into a consensus in online forums.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 July 2025
But a match that leaves the crowd cold will congeal before your eyes.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 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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The wrongful murder conviction, now vacated, had kept him in state custody for decades, effectively freezing that process.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Damascus called it separatist theater and froze the Paris track.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Blashill opened his first training camp as Blackhawks coach hoping Bedard, Burakovsky and Ryan Donato would gel as a line.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Biadasz came to the Commanders last year after spending his first four years with the Dallas Cowboys, so the veteran center and rookie quarterback had to get to work quickly in order to gel with each other.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Around the same time, Israeli strikes on Damascus and continued clashes in Sweida hardened the idea, inside parts of the Kurdish movement, that the center could break.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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All of it hardened the Mariners, preparing them for survival.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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For every mention of the Chicago Bulls’ trek toward toughness, of their hopes to stiffen the chests in the building and ignite a defensive revamp, Okoro has been the footnote.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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McDaniel made the point that the Dolphins’ defensive line and run defense stiffened somewhat after struggling badly on the first drive.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Researchers tasted the first trials of ant yogurt, where the milk had begun to coagulate and acidify, which are signs of early yogurt fermentation.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tofu is more minimally processed and made from unfermented, coagulated soy milk.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
16 Sep. 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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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Congeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeal. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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