congealing

verb

present participle of congeal
1
as in freezing
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 gelling
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 congealing 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, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congealing
  1. freezing
  2. gelling
  3. hardening
  4. stiffening
  5. coagulating
  6. clotting
Verb
  • The city has proposed about $6 million in public incentives for the Novelist project, which would include loaning developers $4 million up front, along with freezing the property taxes on the hotel for its first 10 years.
    — Ilana Arougheti July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
  • There is no shortage of policy proposals for reducing college costs, ranging from freezing tuition to canceling student debt.
    — Thomas Adam, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of freezing
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  • Its remaining five songs seem to appear at random, never gelling into a cohesive force or threading a narrative.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
  • Some recipes also include pectin, a natural gelling agent that helps the jam set to a spreadable texture.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of gelling
Verb
  • An aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition involving a tear in the main artery from the heart, due in this case to what is commonly known as hardening of the arteries.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • Over time, this prevents excessive soap scum and residue from hardening on the surface.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Definition of hardening
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  • Major media companies operating traditional linear networks have been under pressure in recent years amid stiffening competition from large tech rivals as programming migrates to streaming.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • Volkswagen’s premium Audi brand has lost much of its luster in recent years, dragged down by trade tariffs, stiffening competition and a patchy electric-vehicle roster.
    — William Wilkes, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
Definition of stiffening
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  • 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
Definition of coagulating
Verb
  • The primary kind is vitamin K1, found mainly in vegetables, which plays a major role in the body’s blood-clotting process.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Subsequent laboratory tests confirmed extensive disruption of the clotting system, which reflects just how powerful the procoagulant toxins present within the venom are.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of clotting

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