coagulate

(kō-ăg'yə-lāt')

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.
To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.

v.intr.
To become coagulated.

[Middle English coagulaten, from Latin coāgulāre, coāgulāt-, from coāgulum, coagulator. See coagulum.]

coagulability co·ag'u·la·bil'i·ty n.
coagulable co·ag'u·la·ble or co·ag'u·la'tive (-lā'tĭv, -lə-tĭv) adj.
coagulation co·ag'u·la'tion n.
coagulator co·ag'u·la'tor n.

SYNONYMS   coagulate, clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set. These verbs mean to change or be changed from a liquid into a thickened mass: egg white coagulating when heated; blood clotting over the wound; gravy congealing as it cools; milk that had curdled; used pectin to jell the jam; jellied consommé; allowed the aspic to set.

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verb

To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass: clot, congeal, curdle, gelatinize, jell, jelly, set. See solid/liquid/consistency.

v

Definition: clot
Antonyms: dilute, dissolve, melt, open, thin, unclot

1. to cause a fluid or part of a fluid to change into a solid or semisolid mass by the action of, e.g., heat or chemical substances; to clot.
2. the solid or semisolid mass produced by coagulation.

—coagulable adj.; coagulationn.

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The state of being capable of forming or of being formed into clots.

See words rhyming with "coagulate."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - koagulere
v. intr. - få til at koagulere

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) stremmen/stollen

Français (French)
v. tr. - coaguler
v. intr. - se coaguler

Deutsch (German)
v. - gerinnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πήζω, προκαλώ ή υφίσταμαι πήξη ή σύμπηξη

Italiano (Italian)
coagulare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - coagular

Русский (Russian)
свертываться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - coagularse, cuajarse
v. intr. - formar coágulos o cuajos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - koagulera, ysta sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使凝结, 使凝固, 凝结, 凝固

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使凝結, 使凝固
v. intr. - 凝結, 凝固

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 응고시키다
v. intr. - 굳어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 凝固させる, 固める
n. - 凝塊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تخثر, ثخن, جمد, كثف, خثر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקפיא, הקריש‬
v. intr. - ‮הקריש, נקרש‬

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