GELATINIZING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

gelatinizing

verb

present participle of gelatinize

as in gelling

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly pain relievers with a gelatinized coating

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Recent Examples of gelatinizing Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift. — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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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

Definition of gelling

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Last year the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) began offering rankings protection if players decide to undergo an egg or embryo freezing procedure.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
While the district took a series of cost-cutting steps — including freezing spending on supplies, hiring and most new contracts, as well as laying off employees — successive budget updates showed the financial hole continuing to deepen.

— Chaewon Chung August 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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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

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