coagulate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: co=ag=u=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

coagulate, a. [L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere, coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See Cogent.].

 Coagulated.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

coagulate, v. t. 

 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]

coagulate, v. i. 

 To undergo coagulation.  Boyle.

Syn. -- To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coagulate, v.tr. & intr.
1 change from a fluid to a solid or semisolid state.
2 clot, curdle.
3 set, solidify.

Derivative

coagulable adj. coagulative adj. coagulator n.

Etymology

ME f. L coagulare f. coagulum rennet

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

coagulate

Density

VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.