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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gel /dʒɛl/USA pronunciation n., v., gelled, gel•ling. n. - Chemistrya partly solid, partly liquid substance, as jelly or glue, sometimes used in hair styling: [uncountable]using gel to style her hair.[countable]There are a number of gels on the market.
v. [no object] - Chemistryto form or become a gel.
- jell (def. 2).:Most of my ideas need time to gel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gel ( jel),USA pronunciation n., v., gelled, gel•ling. n. - [Physical Chem.]a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Show Business[Theat.]gelatin (def. 5).
- Biochemistrya semirigid polymer, as agarose, starch, cellulose acetate, or polyacrylamide, cast into slabs or cylinders for the electrophoretic separation of proteins and nucleic acids.
v.i. - to form or become a gel.
- jell (def. 2).
- shortening of gelatin 1895–1900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gel /dʒɛl/ n - a semirigid jelly-like colloid in which a liquid is dispersed in a solid: nondrip paint is a gel
- See hair gel
vb (gels, gelling, gelled)- to become or cause to become a gel
- a variant spelling of jell
Etymology: 19th Century: by shortening from gelatine jell /dʒɛl/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) become firmer, more like jelly, to the touch;
gel: [no object]The pudding had begun to jell.[~ + object]The cold will jell the dessert. - to (cause to) become clear, substantial, or definite;
crystallize: [no object]My ideas began to jell into a good plan.[~ + object]Talking with you helped jell my ideas.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jell ( jel),USA pronunciation v.i. - to congeal;
become jellylike in consistency. - to become clear, substantial, or definite;
crystallize:The plan began to jell once we all met to discuss it.
v.t. - to cause to jell.
- back formation from jelly 1820–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: jell, gel /dʒɛl/ vb (jells, jelling, jelled, gels, gelling, gelled)- to make or become gelatinous; congeal
- (intransitive) to assume definite form: his ideas have jelled
Etymology: 19th Century: back formation from jelly1 |