as in gelled
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
this fruit juice is taking longer to jelly than I expected
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Adjective
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Two pairs of the 30 toads recently bred and laid thousands of eggs in long, stringy, gelatinous sacs that days later morphed into tiny tadpoles.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025 -
On top of that, the medical team added a clear, soft tub made of a gelatinous material.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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When the property bubble burst and prices began to fall amid a broader economic slowdown, the market froze, leaving many of these units unoccupied.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Texas has seen fire hazards range from the far northern Panhandle, where ground vegetation froze and dried out, and push hundreds of miles east to the coast.—
JIM VERTUNO,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Jellied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jellied. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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