congeal
congeal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. As if with horror to congeal his blood. Stirling.
- 2.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. Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- amianth
- amianthus
- annihilator
- asbestos
- attic
- benumb
- bite
- box
- brigade
- burn
- central
- chatter
- chill
- congelation
- conglaciation
- cool
- cooling
- cut
- damp
- density
- earth
- extinguish
- fan
- fire
- fireman
- flax
- flexible
- freeze
- frigorific
- frozen
- glaciate
- ice
- incombustibility
- infrigidation
- insulation
- make
- marrow
- nip
- out
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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