| Main Entry: | jell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
Synonyms: |
clot, cohere, come together, condense, congeal, crystallize, finalize, form, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinize, harden, jellify, jelly, materialize, set, solidify, stick, stiffen, take shape, thicken |
Antonyms: |
liquidate, melt |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
Synonyms: |
action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
| Main Entry: | clot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
Synonyms: |
clabber, coalesce, congeal, curdle, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, lump, set, solidify, thicken |
Antonyms: |
loose, thin |
| Main Entry: | coagulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clot |
Synonyms: |
clabber, coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up, harden, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, set, solidify, thicken |
Antonyms: |
dilute, dissolve, melt, open, thin, unclot |
| Main Entry: | congeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
Synonyms: |
cake, clabber, clot, concrete, condense, curdle, dry, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinate, gelatinize, glob up, harden, indurate, jell, jellify, jelly, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
Antonyms: |
dissolve, liquify, melt, separate, thin |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
Synonyms: |
amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
Antonyms: |
liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | occur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take place, happen |
Synonyms: |
action, appear, arise, be found, be present, befall, betide, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, cook*, crop up, develop, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell, manifest, materialize, obtain, present itself, result, shake*, show, smoke*, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up |
| Notes: | use take place for scheduled events; use occur when something is accidental |
| Main Entry: | preserves |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickened fruit prepared for |
Synonyms: |
confiture, conserve, extract, gelatin, jam, jell, jelly, marmalade, pectin, spread, storage and use as a condiment confection, sweet |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
Synonyms: |
become firm, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, fix, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
Antonyms: |
liquefy, soften |
| Main Entry: | solidify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
Synonyms: |
amalgamate, anneal, bake, cake, cement, clot, coagulate, cohere, congeal, crystallize, densify, dry, firm, freeze, jell, petrify, set, stiffen, strengthen, thicken |