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jell
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb jell has 1 sense
- jell(v = verb.change) congeal, set - become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" is one way to solidify
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
jell, v. i.
- To jelly. [1913 Webster]
- To take on a more concrete or substantial form; -- of ideas, plans, programs, etc. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jell, v.intr. colloq.
1 a set as a jelly. b (of ideas etc.) take a definite form.
2 (of two different things) cohere.
1 a set as a jelly. b (of ideas etc.) take a definite form.
2 (of two different things) cohere.
Etymology
back-form. f. JELLY
THESAURUS
jell
albumen, batter, beat up, bonnyclabber, butter, cake, churn, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, cohere, colloid, colloidize, come together, concrete, congeal, cornstarch, cream, crystallize, curd, curdle, dough, egg white, emulsify, emulsionize, gaum, gel, gelatin, gelatinate, gelatinize, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, harden, incrassate, inspissate, jam, jellify, jelly, knot, loblolly, lopper, lump, materialize, molasses, mucilage, mucus, pap, paste, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, semifluid, semiliquid, set, size, solidify, soup, starch, stick, sticky mess, stiffen, syrup, take form, take shape, thick, thicken, treacle, whip
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