GELATINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gelatinize mean? 

• GELATINIZE (verb)
  The verb GELATINIZE has 3 senses:

1. coat with gelatin

2. become gelatinous or change into a jelly

3. convert into gelatinous form or jelly

  Familiarity information: GELATINIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GELATINIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gelatinize    ... he / she / it gelatinizes   
Past simple: gelatinized   
Past participle: gelatinized   
-ing form: gelatinizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with gelatin

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

gelatin (a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become gelatinous or change into a jelly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

gelatinise; gelatinize

Context example:

the starch gelatinized when it was heated

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

gelatinise; gelatinize (convert into gelatinous form or jelly)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

gelatin (a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Convert into gelatinous form or jelly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

gelatinise; gelatinize

Context example:

hot water will gelatinize starch

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

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

Verb group:

gelatinise; gelatinize (become gelatinous or change into a jelly)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

gelatin (a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin)