gel

/dʒɛl/
noun
  1. A thick, jelly-like substance, often used for hair styling, cleaning, or medical purposes.
    • He applied some gel to his hair to keep it in place.
    • She bought a new shower gel with a lavender scent.
    • The doctor used a cooling gel to soothe the burn.
  2. A semi-solid substance formed from a colloidal solution, used in chemistry and biology (e.g., in electrophoresis).
    • DNA fragments are separated by size in an agarose gel.
    • The lab technician poured the gel into the tray for the experiment.
    • The gel solidified after cooling in the refrigerator.
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verb
  1. To become solid or semi-solid; to set into a gel.
    • Add pectin to help the fruit preserve gel properly.
    • The mixture will gel if you let it sit for an hour.
    • The jelly began to gel as it cooled.
  2. To come together or form a cohesive whole; to work well together (often of people or ideas).
    • The team didn't gel until the second half of the season.
    • It took a few meetings for the group to gel and start producing good work.
    • Their ideas finally gelled into a solid business plan.
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