stelna — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coagulate verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
- congeal verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
- curdle verb To turn into lumps, or to make something do this, usually said of milk going off.
- set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
- solidify verb To become solid, or to make something firm and solid.
- stiffen verb To make something rigid or less flexible.
Senses
stelna is used for these senses in English:
- congeal (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- curdle (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
- set (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- solidify (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
- stiffen (intransitive) To become stiff.
coagulate — full definition
- verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
- verb To make a liquid thicken into a semi-solid state.
congeal — full definition
- verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
- verb To thicken into a soft, jelly-like lump.
- verb To make something stiff and unable to move.
- verb To go hard and set firm.
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