| 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: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, boil down, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, densen, densify, epitomize, force into space, make brief, narrow, pack, press, press together, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, syncopate, telescope, tighten, wedge, wrap |
Antonyms: |
blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, press together, précis, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | curdle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sour; change into coagulated substance |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, acidify, acidulate, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curd, ferment, go off, spoil, thicken, turn, turn sour |
| 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: | pulp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mash, pulverize |
Synonyms: |
bruise, coagulate, crush, gelatinate, macerate, squash, triturate |
| 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 |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
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 |
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
Synonyms: |
anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, gel, harden, inflate, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tauten, tense, thicken |
Antonyms: |
liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | thicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set; make more dense |
Synonyms: |
add, buttress, cake, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curdle, deepen, enlarge, expand, freeze, gel, grow thick, harden, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen, swell, widen |
Antonyms: |
dilute, liquefy, melt, thin, water down |