jelly

verb

Definition of jellynext
as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly this fruit juice is taking longer to jelly than I expected

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Recent Examples of jelly The placement on Favre’s 350-yard shot had been dead-on and the lungs were jellied. — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025 Small Batch is one of the few businesses in the region taking a chance on jellying the fruit, despite seeing little interest. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025 The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 24 May 2018 From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl. — CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jelly
  1. gel
  2. freeze
Verb
  • Head coach Jimbo Fisher recruited well enough to offset those personnel losses, but no one knew how all these new players would gel, particularly redshirt freshman signal caller Jameis Winston.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 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
Definition of gel
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  • On the other hand, liquid batteries lose significant efficiency in freezing conditions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But almost all beef that is meant to be used for grinding beef, which comes from Australia or Brazil, is frozen, and a large portion of that goes to food service operations, mostly fast food companies.
    — Dan Mangan,Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of freeze

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