congeal

(kən-jēl')

v., -gealed, -geal·ing, -geals.

v.intr.

1. To solidify by or as if by freezing: "My aim . . . was to take the Hill by storm before . . . opposition to spending cuts congealed" (David A. Stockman).
2. To coagulate; jell.

v.tr.
To cause to solidify or coagulate or to undergo a process likened to solidification or coagulation. See synonyms at coagulate.

[Middle English congelen, from Old French congeler, from Latin congelāre : com-, com- + gelāre, to freeze.]

congealable con·geal'a·ble adj.
congealer con·geal'er n.
congealment con·geal'ment n.

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verb

1. To make or become physically hard: cake, concrete, dry, harden, indurate, petrify, set, solidify. See solid/liquid/consistency.
2. To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass: clot, coagulate, curdle, gelatinize, jell, jelly, set. See solid/liquid/consistency.

v

Definition: coagulate
Antonyms: dissolve, liquefy, melt, separate, thin

IN BRIEF: To coagulate; stiffen or harden.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter. — James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851).

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

Nederlands (Dutch)
stremmen, stollen

Français (French)
v. intr. - geler, se figer, se coaguler
v. tr. - faire coaguler, faire cailler, faire figer

Deutsch (German)
v. - erstarren, gerinnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στερεοποιώ (υγρό), πήζω (εμφανίζω ή προκαλώ πήξη)

Italiano (Italian)
coagularsi, coagulare, rapprendersi, rapprendere, congelare, congelarsi, solidificarsi, irrigidire, irrigidirsi, paralizzarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - congelar, congelar-se, coagular, coagular-se

Русский (Russian)
застывать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - cuajarse, coagularse, helarse
v. tr. - cuajar, coagular, helar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stelna, koagulera, frysa till is

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冻结, 瘫痪, 凝结, 使冻结, 使固定, 使凝结, 使瘫痪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 凍結, 癱瘓, 凝結
v. tr. - 使凍結, 使固定, 使凝結, 使癱瘓

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 얼리다, 생기를 잃게 하다
v. tr. - 얼다, 생기를 잃다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 凍らせる, 凍る, 凝結させる, 凝結する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تجلط (الدم), جمد, تخثر‏

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

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