as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
Among the many waved and gelled hairstyles, Simone Biles and Bad Bunny also championed the look.
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Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 6 May 2025
Jade and Naomi gelled perfectly in a match literally tailored to Jade’s strengths.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Issues with lip sync and the occasional dialogue choice that doesn’t gel together with the current conversations, reiterating something as brand new when characters have already acknowledged it, are a common occurrence.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
That’s a reasonable enough line for a low-budget spy thriller but doesn’t gel with the guerilla style Burger wanted to direct.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 6 May 2025
Jade and Naomi gelled perfectly in a match literally tailored to Jade’s strengths.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Issues with lip sync and the occasional dialogue choice that doesn’t gel together with the current conversations, reiterating something as brand new when characters have already acknowledged it, are a common occurrence.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
That’s a reasonable enough line for a low-budget spy thriller but doesn’t gel with the guerilla style Burger wanted to direct.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
Verb
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The raises are cost-of-living adjustments included in state law, though past legislatures have voted to freeze their own pay — a move that has drawn legal challenges.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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In parallel, the Trump administration has reportedly frozen more than $2 billion in research grants to elite universities, including Harvard, citing alleged violations of federal directives related to antisemitism and national security, NPR reported.—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Verb
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The schedule stiffens considerably over the back half of the season.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Lucy’s Law, among other things, stiffens the penalties for seriously injuring someone in a boat crash.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
24 May 2018
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From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.—
CNN,
CNN,
26 Oct. 2017
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When head coach Nick Sirianni took over, there were growing pains and frustrations, but after the Eagles’ 2025 Super Bowl performance, Philly seems to be jelling.—
Brandon Funston,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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But Burden has also quickly jelled with his new receivers coach, Antwaan Randle El, whose own competitive passion should stimulate the rookie receiver’s growth.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Rinsing removes excess starch, which helps keep the rice grains separate and fluffy rather than clumping together and forming a gooey mass, Olivia Roszkowski, chef-instructor of Plant-Based Culinary Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education’s New York City campus, tells SELF.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
13 May 2025
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Scientists are inching ever closer to figuring out the biophysical rules that govern how and why those first cells clumped up and stuck together.—
Carrie Arnold,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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The storms are expected to congeal into lines of storms, with damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2025
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Over time, these criticisms congeal into narratives.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The pictures captured the lifeless water full of debris and silt, stagnant, clotted and scabbed with rubbish.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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These proteins, called clotting factors, need vitamin K to function.—
Caroline Hopkins Legaspi,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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