The meaning of Congeal

noun

An item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.

Usage examples:

A delicious cake smothered with whipped cream

verb

(of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object).

Usage examples:

His clothes were caked in mud

noun

A thick mass of coagulated liquid, especially blood, or of material stuck together.

Usage examples:

A blood clot

verb

Form or cause to form clots.

Usage examples:

Drugs that help blood to clot

verb

(of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semi-solid state.

Usage examples:

Blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash

verb

(of a liquid) to become or cause to become thicker so that it will not flow

Usage examples:

[ i ] when making cheese, enzymes are added to make the milk coagulate.

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

noun

A substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.

Usage examples:

Apple juice concentrate

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

Usage examples:

The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

Usage examples:

The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

A a thick, clear, slightly sticky substance, especially one used in cosmetic or medicinal products.

Usage examples:

Hair gel

verb

(of a liquid or semi-liquid substance) set or become more solid.

Usage examples:

The stew is gelling

noun

An upper-class or well-bred girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Fastidiously reared home counties gels

verb

Make or become hard or harder.

Usage examples:

Wait for the glue to harden

verb

To make or become stronger or more severe

Usage examples:

[ i ] as the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened., [ i ] in a few hours the cement wil…

verb

If prices or share prices harden, they increase

Usage examples:

If the oil price hardens this week and remains high, there will be some effect on fuel prices by th…

verb

Thicken or congeal.

Usage examples:

Whatever tends to inspissate sap has the property of causing flower buds to be produced

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

verb

Make or become hard or solid.

Usage examples:

The magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals

verb

To make something firm, or to become firm

Usage examples:

[ t ] a chemical reaction solidifies the resin., [ i ] lava solidifies as it cools., [ t ] the play…

verb

Make or become stiff or rigid.

Usage examples:

He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling

verb

Make rigid or more rigid

verb

To become or make something firm or more difficult to bend

Usage examples:

[ t ] to paint on linen, you first have to stiffen the fabric with a glue mixture., [ i ] his back …

verb

Make or become thick or thicker.

Usage examples:

Thicken the sauce with flour

verb

To cause to become thicker

Usage examples:

Thicken the gravy with a little flour.