COAGULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coagulate mean? 

• COAGULATE (adjective)
  The adjective COAGULATE has 1 sense:

1. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

  Familiarity information: COAGULATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• COAGULATE (verb)
  The verb COAGULATE has 2 senses:

1. change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

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

  Familiarity information: COAGULATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COAGULATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

Synonyms:

coagulate; coagulated; curdled; grumose; grumous

Context example:

grumous blood

Similar:

thick (relatively dense in consistency)

• COAGULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they coagulate    ... he / she / it coagulates   
Past simple: coagulated   
Past participle: coagulated   
-ing form: coagulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clot; coagulate

Context example:

coagulated blood

Hypernyms (to "coagulate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coagulate"):

curdle (turn from a liquid to a solid mass)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

coagulant (an agent that produces coagulation)

coagulation (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

coagulator (an agent that produces coagulation)

coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clot; coagulate

Hypernyms (to "coagulate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

coagulation (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

 Context examples 

This causes blood in veins in the tissue to coagulate (harden) and the abnormal tissue to shrink.

(Infrared coagulation, NCI Dictionary)

A pathological process where the blood starts to coagulate throughout the whole body.

(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A specimen that has become coagulated.

(Clotted Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to coagulate and seal blood vessels or to destroy tissue with heat or electric current.

(Cautery Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

It contains malachite green, glycerol, asparagine, coagulated eggs, and mineral salts.

(Lowenstein-Jensen Medium, NCI Thesaurus)

In purification of drinking water, aluminum sulfate acts as a flocculating agent which causes impurities to coagulate and sediment, so that they are easily removed by filtration.

(Aluminum Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)