congealing

verb

present participle of congeal
1
as in freezing
to become physically firm or solid the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures

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2
as in gelling
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the gravy had already started to congeal by the time the waiter served our dinners

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Recent Examples of congealing Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts. — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 The career that has followed has been the rare one that survived a child-star debut without ever congealing into the obvious next thing. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congealing
  1. freezing
  2. gelling
  3. hardening
  4. stiffening
  5. coagulating
  6. clotting
Verb
  • On Tuesday the team—which includes nine specialists across medicine, performance and psychology—could have an array of ice bags, cold towels, freezing vests and even cooling overshoes at their disposal.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
  • There is no shortage of policy proposals for reducing college costs, ranging from freezing tuition to canceling student debt.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
Definition of freezing
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  • Its remaining five songs seem to appear at random, never gelling into a cohesive force or threading a narrative.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
  • Some recipes also include pectin, a natural gelling agent that helps the jam set to a spreadable texture.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of gelling
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  • Candor, without the balance of Humility, Temperance, and Collaboration, risks hardening into rigidity, creating blind spots and stifling relationships.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • As that assumption erodes, attention has shifted from hardening GPS toward security through diversification.
    — Zak Kassas, The Conversation, 23 June 2026
Definition of hardening
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  • Major media companies operating traditional linear networks have been under pressure in recent years amid stiffening competition from large tech rivals as programming migrates to streaming.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • Volkswagen’s premium Audi brand has lost much of its luster in recent years, dragged down by trade tariffs, stiffening competition and a patchy electric-vehicle roster.
    — William Wilkes, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
Definition of stiffening
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  • As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of coagulating
Verb
  • The primary kind is vitamin K1, found mainly in vegetables, which plays a major role in the body’s blood-clotting process.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Subsequent laboratory tests confirmed extensive disruption of the clotting system, which reflects just how powerful the procoagulant toxins present within the venom are.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of clotting

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