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gelling

vb. (present participle of gel English)

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gelling

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gel
  1. v. become a gel; "The solid, when heated, gelled"

  2. apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: mousse]

  3. [also: gelling, gelled]

gel
  1. n. a colloid in a more solid form than a sol [syn: colloidal gel]

  2. a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin]

  3. [also: gelling, gelled]

Usage examples of "gelling".

The pool of crimson crept across the floorboards, gelling in the cold morning air.

All the meals were Seth's favorites: Chef Boyardee spaghetti and hamburger, Chef Boyardee Noodle-O's and hamburger, and tomato soup with big chunks of hamburger rising out of the gelling liquid like baked Pacific atolls where generations of atomic bombs had been tested.

Whenever a tanker has an accident that causes structural rupture and there's a chance of an oil spill, a nozzle system sprays all the crude in the damaged section with gelling agents that turn the oil into a solid glob, right ?