Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » coagulate

coagulate

Listen See in Thesaurus See in a sentence

The definition of coagulate means for a liquid to become a soft mass or a clot.

(verb)

An example of coagulate is for blood to clot and congeal into a mass on the edge of a cut in the skin.

See coagulate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb coagulated, coagulating

to cause (a liquid) to become a soft, semisolid mass; curdle; clot

Origin: ME coagulaten < L coagulatus, pp. of coagulare, to cause to curdle < coagulum: see coagulum

intransitive verb

to become coagulated

Related Forms:

coagulation noun
coagulative adjective
coagulator noun

See coagulate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb co·ag·u·lat·ed, co·ag·u·lat·ing, co·ag·u·lates

verb, transitive

To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.

verb, intransitive

To become coagulated.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English coagulaten

Origin: , from Latin coāgulāre, coāgulāt-

Origin: , from coāgulum, coagulator; see coagulum

Related Forms:

co·agˌu·la·bilˈi·ty noun

co·agˈu·la·ble, co·agˈu·laˌtive (-lāˌtĭv, -lə-tĭv) adjective

co·agˌu·laˈtion noun

co·agˈu·laˌtor noun

Learn more about coagulate

coagulate synonyms

coagulate medical definition

coagulate in a sentence

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD

» more results...