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Gel is a related term of curdle.


As an initialism gel

is lari, the currency used in georgia.

As a verb curdle is

(ambitransitive) to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds (usually said of milk).

gel

English

(wikipedia gel)

Etymology 1

Coined by in the mid 19th century as a clipping of (gelatin), from (etyl)

Noun

  • A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
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  • Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
    • Derived terms
    * aerogel * hair gel * hydrogel * shower gel * silica gel * xerogel
    See also
    For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on (colloid)s

    Verb

    (gell)
  • To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
  • To become a gel.
  • To develop a rapport.

    • See also

    * aerosol * colloid * emulsion * foam * sol

    Etymology 2

    Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of (girl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A girl.

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    curdle

    English

    Verb

    (curdl)
  • (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
    • Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
  • (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
  • * 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
    • "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle , "beware of to-morrow!"
  • To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
  • * 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
    • It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'

    Derived terms

    * curdled

    Anagrams

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