gelling

verb

present participle of gel
as in freezing
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin

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Recent Examples of gelling First, Redick offered a shady response about the team gelling after superstar LeBron James departed. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Carrick using Mbeumo as a centre-forward is not new — but the way United’s forward line is gelling around him is. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Its remaining five songs seem to appear at random, never gelling into a cohesive force or threading a narrative. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026 Some recipes also include pectin, a natural gelling agent that helps the jam set to a spreadable texture. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026 If something isn’t exactly gelling, this is the stage to mix it up in makeup, hair, costumes, whatever needs to be fixed. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2026 These jams may also contain gelling agents for a firmer set. — Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025 Keiarna’s frustration with Stacey simply reads as being pressed for a moment as opposed to them just not gelling. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 The stage is set, against a Broncos defense and pass-rush that’s gelling perfectly just six weeks in. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelling
  1. freezing
  2. stiffening
  3. coagulating
  4. congealing
  5. gelatinizing
  6. clotting
Verb
  • The plan includes changes to pension rules, freezing public sector wages and limiting health care costs.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The filing also says that public interest favors freezing the deal until the Supreme Court considers the case.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of freezing
Verb
  • Avoiding harsh chemicals like bleach, fabric softeners, and the like will help keep your robe soft and absorbent as these formulas could break down the fabric, leave behind fabric-stiffening residue, or cause pilling and other concerns.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Offering a 35% incentive aimed at stiffening up jobs here and enticing post-production to relocate to the Golden State, AB 2319 is racing toward a vote in the state Senate by next week once the bill is in final shape.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of stiffening
Verb
  • As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of coagulating
Verb
  • The career that has followed has been the rare one that survived a child-star debut without ever congealing into the obvious next thing.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of congealing
Verb
  • Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of gelatinizing
Verb
  • Spivey said Pike’s attorneys had repeatedly warned the state and courts that her underlying medical conditions, including a blood-clotting disorder, could make a lethal injection execution unusually prolonged and painful.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Her treatment was complicated by existing blood-clotting disorders, liver problems and allergies to certain medications, KAKE reported.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of clotting

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“Gelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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