Definitions of congeal [ənˈdʒil]

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Definition of 'congeal'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) congeal
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing.

2. congeal
to coagulate, as a fluid; curdle.

3. congeal
to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < AF cung(i)é, OF congié < L commeātus furlough <commeā(re) to go)

Definition of 'congeal'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) jell, set, congeal
become gelatinous
"the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"

Definition of 'congeal'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) congeal
to change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze

2. (verb) congeal
to affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill

3. (verb) congeal
to grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled

Translation of 'congeal'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (especially of blood, grease etc) to solidify when cooled.
Afrikaans: bevries; stol, dik word,	Arabic: يَتَجَمَّد ، يَتَخَثَّر (	Bulgarian: смразявам (се)
Brazilian: coagular	Czech: tuhnout	German: gefrieren, gerinnen
Danish: stivne; størkne	Greek: πήζω	Spanish: coagularse, solidificarse
Estonian: tarduma	Farsi: ماسیدن؛ منعقد شدن	Finnish: jähmettyä
French: (se) figer	Hebrew: לְהַקרִיש	Hindi: जमना, जमाना
Croatian: zalediti, smrznuti, zgruš	Hungarian: megdermed	Indonesian: membeku
Icelandic: storkna; frjósa	Italian: coagulare	Japanese: 凝結させる
Korean: 응혈되다	Lithuanian: stingti	Latvian: sasaldēt; sastingt; sarec
Malay: membeku	Dutch: stollen	Norwegian: størkne, stivne
Polish: krzepnąć	Persian: ماسیدن؛ منعقد شدن	Pashto: يخى كول، دومره سړول چه يخ
Portuguese: coagular	Romanian: a (se) coagula, a seînche	Russian: застывать
Slovak: zmraziť; zraziť	Slovenian: strditi se	Serbian: zgrušati se
Swedish: stelna, koagulera	Thai: แข็งตัวเพราะความเย็น	Turkish: pıhtılaşmak
Taiwanese: 使(液體)凝結	Ukrainian: замерзати; застигати	Urdu: جم جانا
Vietnamese: làm đông lại	Chinese: 使凝结，冻结
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