coagulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coagulate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for coagulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coagulate adj transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood" Synonym(s): coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose v change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" Synonym(s): clot, coagulate cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state Synonym(s): clot, coagulate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coagulate \Coag"ulate\, a. [L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere, coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See {Cogent}.] Coagulated. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coagulate \Coag"ulate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coagulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coagulating}.] To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coagulate \Coag"ulate\, v. i. To undergo coagulation. --Boyle. Syn: To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.