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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

  1. verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
  2. verb To make a liquid thicken into a semi-solid state.

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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