Synonyms for jellying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jel-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛl i |
Top 10 synonyms for jellying Other synonyms for the word jellying
- add
- anneal
- be behind
- become firm
- benumb
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- candy
- cement
- chill
- clabber
- clot
- coagulate
- coalesce
- cohere
- come together
- compact
- concentrate
- concrete
- condense
- congeal
- consolidate
- curdle
- dally
- dawdle
- deepen
- dillydally
- drag
- drag one's feet
- dry
- ebb
- enlarge
- expand
- finalize
- firm
- flag
- form
- freeze
- gel
- gelate
- gelatinate
- gelatinize
- get no place fast
- glob up
- glop up
- grow thick
- hang back
- harden
- hobble
- idle
- inch
- inch along
- indurate
- inflate
- inspissate
- jell
- jellify
- jelly
- limp
- linger
- loiter
- lopper
- lose strength
- lounge
- lump
- ossify
- petrify
- plod
- poke
- precipitate
- procrastinate
- prop
- put off
- refrigerate
- retard
- saunter
- set
- shuffle
- slouch
- slow
- slow up
- solidify
- stabilize
- stagger
- starch
- stay
- steady
- stick
- stiffen
- straggle
- strengthen
- swell
- tail
- take shape
- tarry
- tauten
- tense
- thicken
- tool
- trail
- trudge
- wane
- widen
Définition of jellying
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French gelee "a frost; jelly," noun use of fem. past participle of geler "congeal," from Latin gelare "to freeze," from gelu "frost" (see cold (adj.)).
- As in jell : verb coagulate
- As in lag : verb move slowly; delay
- As in set : verb harden
- As in stiffen : verb make or become harder
- As in thicken : verb set; make more dense
- As in gelatinize : verb coagulate
- As in inspissate : verb thicken
- As in clot : verb coagulate
- As in coagulate : verb clot
- As in congeal : verb coagulate
- It is difficult to give the exact time for cooking, as apples vary in jellying properties.
- Extract from : « The Laurel Health Cookery » by Evora Bucknum Perkins
- Hot sugar helps to jellying quickly—and the more haste there, the lighter and brighter the result.
- Extract from : « Dishes & Beverages of the Old South » by Martha McCulloch Williams
Antonyms for jellying
- abridge
- advance
- ascend
- complete
- compress
- contract
- decrease
- develop
- dilute
- diminish
- discourage
- disperse
- displace
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- do
- end
- enlarge
- expand
- finish
- go
- go up
- grow
- halt
- hasten
- heat
- hinder
- hurry
- increase
- leave
- lessen
- liquefy
- liquidate
- liquify
- loose
- loosen
- lower
- melt
- open
- push
- raise
- reduce
- remove
- rise
- run
- rush
- separate
- shrink
- soften
- subtract
- thin
- tiptoe
- unclot
- unfix
- water down
- weaken
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