as in to gel
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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Recent Examples of jelly
From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.
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CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
And according to TMZ, Miller will be noshing this first week on jellied toast for breakfast, hamburgers and fruit for lunch, sandwiches and wraps for dinner, and weekend meals of sloppy Joes and tacos.
—Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2017
Meanwhile their neighbors engaged in a range of menial tasks, including gluing together matchbooks by hand and selling vintage snacks (jellied eel, anyone?) from street carts.
—Meredith Blake, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
Or millions, all at once, literally jellying up the works.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2013
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CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
And according to TMZ, Miller will be noshing this first week on jellied toast for breakfast, hamburgers and fruit for lunch, sandwiches and wraps for dinner, and weekend meals of sloppy Joes and tacos.
—Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2017
Meanwhile their neighbors engaged in a range of menial tasks, including gluing together matchbooks by hand and selling vintage snacks (jellied eel, anyone?) from street carts.
—Meredith Blake, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
Or millions, all at once, literally jellying up the works.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jelly
Verb
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Things begin to gel halfway through the season, especially as more aspects of the characters’ personalities and personal lives are revealed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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The early reaction from critics on the Lido has been all over the map, with some raves, some middling scores and some who didn’t gel with the movie — or its leads — at all.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Stop watering when the ground freezes and restart the watering routine in spring once garlic starts to sprout.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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Emails included in the lawsuit between Zuckerberg and the company's tech support team date back to May 2020, in which similar account freezes from 2017 are mentioned.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Jelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jelly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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