Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coagulated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Coagulating.]
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid
state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical
reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat
coagulates the white of an egg.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. i.
To undergo coagulation. --Boyle.
Syn: To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, a. [L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare
to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere,
coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See Cogent.]
Coagulated. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
coagulate
adj : transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
blood" [syn: coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose]
v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: clot]
2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
[syn: clot]
WordNet (r) 2.0
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "coagulate":
Devonshire cream, adhere, agglomerate, beat up, blood clot,
bonnyclabber, bunch, cake, casein, churn, clabber, clasp, cleave,
clinch, cling, cling to, clot, clotted cream, clump, cluster,
coagulum, coalesce, cohere, colloid, colloidize, compact,
concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, conglomerate,
consolidate, crassamentum, cream, curd, curdle, dehydrate, dry,
embolus, embrace, emulsify, emulsionize, freeze, freeze to, gel,
gelatinate, gelatinize, grasp, grow together, grume, hang on,
hang together, harden, hold, hold on, hold together, hug,
incrassate, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, legumin,
lopper, loppered milk, lump, mass, paracasein, persist, set,
solidify, stay, stay put, stick, stick together, take hold of,
thick, thicken, thrombus, whip
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
clot, coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumous
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