gelated

verb

past tense of gelate
as in froze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelated
  1. froze
  2. gelled
  3. stiffened
  4. coagulated
  5. clotted
Verb
  • While no layoffs were proposed, the city froze hiring for several positions, including animal control officer, code enforcement officer, and senior civil engineer.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • The senator froze up while speaking with reporters in two 2023 incidents and suffered several falls, using a wheelchair at times as a precaution.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of froze
Verb
  • 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
  • It can be gelled, emulsified, and made into just about anything.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 1 June 2026
Definition of gelled
Verb
  • Dogs that have stiffened up with age get an advanced joint-support chew with glucosamine, MSM, and collagen.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Graham's aorta, at 71, tore, a dissection along a wall stiffened by decades of what the medical examiner called arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of stiffened
Verb
  • For many of the protesters, a general sense of lawlessness – not supported by official crime figures for England and Wales, which broadly show a decrease over the past decade – had coagulated into a specific fear of migrants.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Definition of coagulated
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  • Intersections became improvised plazas, clotted with bodies.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • The parking lot was clotted with Porsches, Range Rovers, and a Ferrari.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Definition of clotted
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“Gelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelated. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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