GELATE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

gelate

verb

ˈje-ˌlāt

Definition of gelate

as in to gel

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water

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Gash’s weakest moments come in times like these, when the band strips back its sound into solitary parts that fail to gel.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Nowhere has that been more evident than in Mbappe and Vinicius Jr’s failure to gel together.

— Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of gel

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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
Barnes is cold-based, and thus frozen directly onto the bedrock beneath it, which prevents it from sliding.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of freeze

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

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These high-acidity juices can cause whey protein powder to coagulate and curdle.

— Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2026
Reciprocal male-on-male mounting among corpse-eating burying beetles increases with heat stress, and chronic heat stress coagulates the blood of Holstein Friesian cattle.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of coagulate

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