gel

verb

Definition of gelnext
as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin

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Recent Examples of gel 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 At halftime, Irankunda and Metcalfe came on as substitutes, and the team started to gel and to threaten. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 1 July 2026 Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026 Formed in London in 1981, Culture Club’s first batch of songs came easily thanks to how well the members gelled, as Moss recalls in the clip from Boy George & Culture Club. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
  1. freeze
  2. stiffen
  3. jelly
  4. jell
  5. coagulate
  6. gelatinize
  7. clump
  8. congeal
Verb
  • In 2022, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, then and now the reigning Olympic dressage champion, chose to apply for the points-freezing process when stepping away to have her second child.
    — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Those same items could also be made now, with the products frozen and canned for later consumption.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of freeze
Verb
  • But after a quick touchdown drive to take a 34-27 lead, the Oregon defense stiffened, and closed out the win with back-to-back stops.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Bile rose in Evie’s throat and her body stiffened under his touch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of stiffen
Verb
  • The placement on Favre’s 350-yard shot had been dead-on and the lungs were jellied.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Small Batch is one of the few businesses in the region taking a chance on jellying the fruit, despite seeing little interest.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Definition of jelly
Verb
  • Ulreich said the Redhawks (1-1) had a terrible week of practice, but things jelled from the start against the Porters (0-2).
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Coach Ben Johnson can sense his group jelling in terms of understanding expectations and how the coaching staff expects players to attack their business.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of jell
Verb
  • 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
  • If an egg cracks during boiling, vinegar can help the egg white coagulate faster, preventing it from leaking into the water.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of coagulate
Verb
  • Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of gelatinize
Verb
  • Moisture And Humidity High humidity can cause flour to clump and spoil more quickly.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The different theories provide different answers for how dark matter should clump.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of clump
Verb
  • The brake cylinder fluid had congealed to the consistency of sand.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Nu Jazz are a New York supergroup that’s congealed out of a handful of overlapping scenes.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
Definition of congeal

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