krzepnąć — meaning in English

English meaning

• clot noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
• congeal verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.

Senses

krzepnąć is used for these senses in English:

• clot (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.
• congeal (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.

clot — full definition

1. noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
2. verb To thicken and form a solid lump.
3. noun A silly or foolish person (informal, chiefly British).

congeal — full definition

1. verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
2. verb To thicken into a soft, jelly-like lump.
3. verb To make something stiff and unable to move.
4. verb To go hard and set firm.

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