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COAGULATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

Example:

grumous blood

Synonyms:

coagulate; coagulated; curdled; grumose; grumous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

thick (relatively dense in consistency)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

Example:

coagulated blood

Synonyms:

clot; coagulate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "coagulate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coagulate"):

curdle (turn from a liquid to a solid mass)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

coagulant (an agent that produces coagulation)

coagulation (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

coagulator (an agent that produces coagulation)

coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

Synonyms:

clot; coagulate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "coagulate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

coagulation (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

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