MEANING
To thicken or set into a more solid mass, commonly as a result of cooling.
Use it for
Cooling bodily fluids; residue becoming solid; a sticky surface that no longer flowsShow a fluid turning resistant or fixed rather than leaving it generically wet.
Words that belong together
- congealed blood
- congeal into a mass
- congealed fat
On the page
Fat congealed around the cooled specimen.
The blood had congealed in the shallow tray.
A translucent gel congealed across the mouth of the container.
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Word forms
- Base
- congeal / congeals
- Past tense
- congealed
- Past participle
- congealed
- Present participle
- congealing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- congeal / congeals
- Present continuous
- am/is/are congealing
- Present perfect
- have/has congealed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been congealing
- Past
- congealed
- Past continuous
- was/were congealing
- Past perfect
- had congealed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been congealing
- Future
- will congeal / congeals
- Future continuous
- will be congealing
- Future perfect
- will have congealed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been congealing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Broader than blood coagulation; useful for fats and other fluids that set. Figurative uses suggest a process or attitude becoming fixed. Verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: congeal, congeals, congealed, congealed, congealing.
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