gel
noun
[ dʒɛl ]
• a a thick, clear, slightly sticky substance, especially one used in cosmetic or medicinal products.
• "hair gel"
• a semi-rigid slab or cylinder of an organic polymer used as a medium for the separation of macromolecules.
gel
verb
• (of a liquid or semi-liquid substance) set or become more solid.
• "the stew is gelling"
Similar:
set,
stiffen,
solidify,
thicken,
harden,
cake,
congeal,
coagulate,
clot,
gelatinize,
• (of a project or idea) take a definite form or begin to work well.
• "everything seemed to gel for the magazine"
Similar:
take shape,
come together,
fall into place,
happen,
take form,
form,
emerge,
crystallize,
materialize,
become definite,
Opposite:
fall apart,
• apply gel to (the hair).
• "they'd gelled their hair"
Origin:
late 19th century: abbreviation of gelatin. See also jell.
gel
noun
• an upper-class or well-bred girl or young woman.
• "fastidiously reared Home Counties gels"
Origin:
mid 19th century: representing a pronunciation of girl.
GEL
abbreviation
• Georgian lari(s).
