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congeal
What does congeal mean?
congeal (verb): become gelatinous.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use congeal in a sentence?
- If you leave it for too long, it will congeal. (Tatoeba sentence #8983343 by mccarras, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce congeal?
/kənˈdʒil/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does congeal come from?
From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “congeal” mean?
to crowd together
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to rebuke angrily
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become gelatinous
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to shout, to yell
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