COAGULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coagulate mean?
• COAGULATE (adjective)
The adjective COAGULATE has 1 sense:
1. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
Familiarity information: COAGULATE used as an adjective is very rare.
• COAGULATE (verb)
The verb COAGULATE has 2 senses:
1. change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
2. cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
Familiarity information: COAGULATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COAGULATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
Synonyms:
coagulate; coagulated; curdled; grumose; grumous
Context examples:
coagulated blood / curdled milk / grumous blood
Similar:
thick (relatively dense in consistency)
• COAGULATE (verb)
Meaning:
Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clot; coagulate
Context example:
coagulated blood
Hypernyms (to "coagulate" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coagulate"):
curdle (turn from a liquid to a solid mass)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clot; coagulate
Hypernyms (to "coagulate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
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