gel
/dʒɛl/
noun
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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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