coagulate
verb (used with or without object)
to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal.
coagulates
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present tense formof coagulate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Even post-distillation, there’s oil left in the spirit, but when they chill it, the fat coagulates and is then skimmed off.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021
Gelatin sets on cooling because the hot aqueous mixture of gelatin coagulates as it cools, yielding an extremely viscous body known as a gel.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Unfortunately, as Ms Yazji’s plot thickens, it coagulates.
From Economist ● Dec. 4, 2017
Biacuplasty coagulates the nerves in the discs, he says, and there’s a chance it may even help heal fissures or cracks in degenerated discs.
From US News ● Sep. 20, 2016
Criminologists had come to understand that blood coagulates at the lowest point of a body after death, producing dark splotches on the skin.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
