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
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  • Use the free monitoring being offered and consider freezing your credit.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The curbs include freezing any assets the officials might have in China; denial of visas and entry into China; prohibiting any Chinese individuals and organizations from cooperating with them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of freezing
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  • 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
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  • Allen says homeowners who spend money hardening their properties, including making homes more resistant to wildfires, should receive meaningful benefits from insurers for lowering their risk.
    — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Governments around the world are hardening their AI stances as more agentic hacks breach critical systems.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of hardening
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  • 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
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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
  • Spivey said Pike’s attorneys had repeatedly warned the state and courts that her underlying medical conditions, including a blood-clotting disorder, could make a lethal injection execution unusually prolonged and painful.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Her treatment was complicated by existing blood-clotting disorders, liver problems and allergies to certain medications, KAKE reported.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of clotting

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