The meaning of Gelled

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

Become semi-solid, especially on cooling.

Usage examples:

The blood had congealed into blobs

verb

To change from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state

Usage examples:

The grease in the frying pan congealed as it cooled.

verb

Form or cause to form crystals.

Usage examples:

When most liquids freeze they crystallize

verb

Move out of or away from something and become visible.

Usage examples:

Black ravens emerged from the fog

verb

Come out into view, as from concealment

verb

To appear by coming out of something or out from behind something

Usage examples:

The runway lights flashed on, and the first models emerged from behind the stage set., fig. the pre…

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

verb

Make or become gelatinous.

Usage examples:

Water gelatinizes the granules

verb

Take place; occur.

Usage examples:

Two hours had passed and still nothing had happened

adverb

Perhaps; maybe.

Usage examples:

Happen i'll go back just for a while

verb

(of a situation or event) to come into existence; occur

Usage examples:

If you want to know what is happening in the world, you have to read the newspapers., no one knows …

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

Become actual fact; happen.

Usage examples:

The forecast rate of increase did not materialize

verb

(of ideas and wishes) to become real or true

Usage examples:

Her hopes of owning her own restaurant never materialized., they listened to the footsteps, then wa…

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.