gel
noun
- solid jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state
verb
- to come together, become coherent, or agree well
- to set or solidify, combine into a solid whole; to become a gel
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɛl/ / /d͡ʒɛl/ / [d͡ʒɛɫ]
noun
Etymology: Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.
- A girl.
“"Now pray don't be troublesome, my dear gel," said Uncle Andrew.”
verb
Etymology: Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the meaning development compare with Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ, “aspic, jelly, gel”) related to студёный (studjónyj, “cold”).
- To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
“It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.”
- To become a gel: to set up.
- To develop a rapport.
“He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.”
- To come together to form something; to cohere.
“We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.”