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coagulate

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Coagulated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mass formed by means of coagulation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To cause to congeal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • coagulated blood
  • curdled milk
  • grumous blood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • coagulated blood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change state, turn

Narrower terms: curdle

7

verb

Meaning 7

cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

History

Etymology

From Middle English coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”), also used as the past participle of coagulaten and of coagulate in Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From New Latin coāgulātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of coāgulātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: coagulaat — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Finnish: hyytelö — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Finnish: hyytymä — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Finnish: saos — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Finnish: saostuma — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • French: caillot — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • French: coagulat — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • French: thrombus — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Italian: coagulo — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Italian: grumo — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Russian: сгу́сток (sgústok) — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Russian: коагуля́т (koagulját) — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Slovak: zrazenina — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Slovak: koagulát — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Spanish: cuajarón — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Spanish: coágulo — mass formed by means of coagulation
  • Albanian: mpiks — become congealed
  • Albanian: ze — become congealed
  • Arabic: تَجَلَّطَ (tajallaṭa) — become congealed
  • Arabic: تَخَثَّرَ (taḵaṯṯara) — become congealed
  • Arabic: اَتْجَلَّط (atjallaṭ) — become congealed
  • Arabic: اَتْخَثَّر (atḵaṯṯar, atḵattar) — become congealed
  • Bulgarian: съсирвам се (sǎsirvam se) — become congealed
  • Bulgarian: коагулирам (koaguliram) — become congealed
  • Catalan: quallar — become congealed
  • Catalan: coagular-se — become congealed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凝結 /凝结 (níngjié) — become congealed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凝固 (nínggù) — become congealed
  • Danish: størkne — become congealed
  • Danish: koagulere — become congealed
  • Danish: stivne — become congealed
  • Dutch: stollen — become congealed
  • Dutch: coaguleren — become congealed
  • Esperanto: koaguliĝi — become congealed
  • Finnish: hyytyä — become congealed
  • Finnish: saostua — become congealed
  • Finnish: koaguloitua — become congealed
  • French: se coaguler — become congealed
  • French: coaguler — become congealed
  • Galician: callar — become congealed
  • Galician: trallar — become congealed
  • German: koagulieren — become congealed
  • German: gerinnen — become congealed
  • Greek: συμπυκνώνομαι (sympyknónomai) — become congealed
  • Hebrew: נִקְרַשׁ (nikrásh) — become congealed
  • Hungarian: kicsapódik — become congealed
  • Irish: téacht — become congealed
  • Italian: coagularsi — become congealed
  • Japanese: 凝固する (gyōko-suru) — become congealed
  • Khmer: កក (kɑɑk) — become congealed
  • Central Kurdish: مەیین (meyîn) — become congealed
  • Northern Kurdish: meyîn — become congealed
  • Northern Kurdish: mehîn — become congealed
  • Manx: çhiu — become congealed
  • Manx: glub — become congealed
  • Māori: tepe — become congealed
  • Māori: tetepe — become congealed
  • Māori: whakatotoka — become congealed
  • Norwegian: koagulere — become congealed
  • Occitan: se coagular — become congealed
  • Romanian: se coagula — become congealed
  • Romanian: se închega — become congealed
  • Russian: сгуща́ться (sguščátʹsja) — become congealed
  • Russian: свёртываться (svjórtyvatʹsja) — become congealed
  • Scots: yirn — become congealed
  • Scottish Gaelic: plumaich — become congealed
  • Scottish Gaelic: binndich — become congealed
  • Slovak: zraziť sa — become congealed
  • Slovak: zrážať sa — become congealed
  • Slovak: koagulovať — become congealed
  • Spanish: coagularse — become congealed
  • Spanish: cuajarse — become congealed
  • Swedish: koagulera — become congealed
  • Swedish: levras — become congealed
  • Tamil: இறுகு (iṟuku) — become congealed
  • Turkish: pıhtılanmak — become congealed
  • Ottoman Turkish: پختیلانمق (pıhtılanmak) — become congealed
  • Ukrainian: згортатися (zhortatysja) — become congealed
  • Ukrainian: згорнутися (zhornutysja) — become congealed
  • Welsh: ceulo — become congealed
  • Bulgarian: съсирвам (sǎsirvam) — cause to congeal
  • Catalan: coagular — cause to congeal
  • Catalan: quallar — cause to congeal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使凝結 /使凝结 (shǐ níngjié) — cause to congeal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使凝固 (shǐ nínggù) — cause to congeal
  • Danish: koagulere — cause to congeal
  • Dutch: stollen — cause to congeal
  • Dutch: coaguleren — cause to congeal
  • Esperanto: koaguli — cause to congeal
  • Finnish: hyydyttää — cause to congeal
  • Finnish: saostaa — cause to congeal
  • Finnish: koaguloida — cause to congeal
  • French: coaguler — cause to congeal
  • German: zum Gerinnen bringen — cause to congeal
  • Greek: συμπηγνύω (sympignýo) — cause to congeal
  • Irish: téacht — cause to congeal
  • Italian: coagulare — cause to congeal
  • Japanese: 凝固させる (gyōko-saseru) — cause to congeal
  • Northern Kurdish: meyandin — cause to congeal
  • Manx: çhiu — cause to congeal
  • Manx: glub — cause to congeal
  • Māori: whakatoka — cause to congeal
  • Occitan: coagular — cause to congeal
  • Romanian: coagula — cause to congeal
  • Romanian: închega — cause to congeal
  • Russian: сгуща́ть (sguščátʹ) — cause to congeal
  • Russian: свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ) — cause to congeal
  • Russian: коагули́ровать (koagulírovatʹ) — cause to congeal
  • Scots: yirn — cause to congeal
  • Scottish Gaelic: plumaich — cause to congeal
  • Scottish Gaelic: binndich — cause to congeal
  • Slovak: zraziť — cause to congeal
  • Slovak: zrážať — cause to congeal
  • Slovak: koagulovať — cause to congeal
  • Spanish: coagular — cause to congeal
  • Spanish: cuajar — cause to congeal
  • Welsh: ceulo — cause to congeal