verb
- becoming thick, solid, or coagulated, especially by cooling
Usage: present participle of congeal
Examples
- The bacon grease was congealing in the cold pan.
- Blood began congealing around the wound.
- The soup started congealing as it cooled on the counter.
- Hot wax was slowly congealing into solid candles.
- The gravy is congealing because we left it out too long.
- Ice was congealing on the surface of the pond.