coagulate
verb (used with or without object)
to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal.
coagulated
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past participleof coagulate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof coagulate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
coagulateverb (used with or without object)to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal.
Example Sentences
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Baken and Baitz’s previous effort coagulated into some sorta cultural critique about the nation going to Hell, while “All’s Fair” celebrates some of the people sending us there in a shameless parade of gaudy excess.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
There the crowd coagulated, like at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, awaiting selfie turns.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
But something coagulated under coach Barry Melrose, and Gretzky cites an assist from two unlikely sources that helped them march back into Toronto.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2018
Instead, they are coagulated and sit clumpy in my mouth.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2017
In the veins of turtles coursed a sweet lassi that had to be drunk as soon as it spurted from their necks, because it coagulated in less than a minute.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
