[syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coagulate
adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
[syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous,
grumose]
v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate]
2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
[syn: clot, coagulate]