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jellying
[jel-ee] 
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clot
[klot]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | clabber, coalesce, congeal, curdle, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, lump, set, solidify, thicken |
| Antonyms: | loose, thin |
| Main Entry: | congeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | cake, clabber, clot, concrete, condense, curdle, dry, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinate, gelatinize, glob up, harden, indurate, jell, jellify, jelly, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
| Antonyms: | dissolve, liquify, melt, separate, thin |
| Main Entry: | jell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | clot, cohere, come together, condense, congeal, crystallize, finalize, form, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinize, harden, jellify, jelly, materialize, set, solidify, stick, stiffen, take shape, thicken |
| Antonyms: | liquidate, melt |
| Main Entry: | lag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move slowly; delay |
| Synonyms: | be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane |
| Antonyms: | run, rush |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | become firm, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, fix, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, soften |
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
| Synonyms: | anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, gel, harden, inflate, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tauten, tense, thicken |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | thicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set; make more dense |
| Synonyms: | add, buttress, cake, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curdle, deepen, enlarge, expand, freeze, gel, grow thick, harden, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen, swell, widen |
| Antonyms: | dilute, liquefy, melt, thin, water down |
| Main Entry: | gelatinize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | clabber, clot, coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, gel, gelate, glop up, harden, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, set, solidify, thicken |
| Main Entry: | inspissate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thicken |
| Synonyms: | add, buttress, cake, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curdle, deepen, enlarge, expand, freeze, gel, grow thick, harden, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen, swell, widen |
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