Congeal

[kən'dʒiːl] or [kən'dʒil]

Definition

(v. t.) To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

(v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

(v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

Typed by Geraldine

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Freeze, make solid by cold, turn to ice.

v. n. Freeze, be frozen, turn to ice.

Edited by Lelia

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Freeze, benumb, congelate

ANT:Thaw, relax, melt, chafe, dissolve

Typist: Nelda

Definition

v.t. to freeze: to change from fluid to solid by cold: to solidify as by cold.—v.i. to pass from fluid to solid as by cold: to stiffen: to coagulate.—adj. Congeal′able.—ns. Congeal′ableness; Congeal′ment Congelā′tion act or process of congealing: anything congealed.

Inputed by Fidel