'Coagulate' definitions:
Definition of 'coagulate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood" [syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose]
verb
Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate]
verb
Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate]
Definition of 'Coagulate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Coagulate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Coagulate'
From: GCIDE
- Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. i. To undergo coagulation. --Boyle.
- Syn: To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coagulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Devonshire cream,
- 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