gelatinized

verb

past tense of gelatinize
as in gelled
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly pain relievers with a gelatinized coating

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  1. gelled
  2. stiffened
  3. froze
  4. coagulated
  5. congealed
Verb
  • Here, her natural hair was styled in a sleek, avant-garde aesthetic that gelled her front layer in a sharp wave over her forehead.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 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
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
  • Kalshi then froze the account, retaining almost all of the profits.
    — Dan Mangan,Davis Giangiulio,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Kalshi froze about $90,000 of Perez's profits and he has been banned from betting on the site, one of the sources not authorized to speak publicly said.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of froze
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
Verb
  • Since then, speculation has congealed into reality.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • Then they were scooped from the pot and set on a plate to rest, glistening and congealed, revealing the color of the filling within.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of congealed
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