gel
verb/dʒel/
/dʒel/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gel | /dʒel/ /dʒel/ |
| he / she / it gels | /dʒelz/ /dʒelz/ |
| past simple gelled | /dʒeld/ /dʒeld/ |
| past participle gelled | /dʒeld/ /dʒeld/ |
| -ing form gelling | /ˈdʒelɪŋ/ /ˈdʒelɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (British English) (also jell North American English, British English)(of two or more people) to work well together; to form a successful group
- We just didn't gel as a group.
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- [intransitive] (British English) (also jell North American English, British English)(of an idea, a thought, a plan, etc.) to become clearer and more definite; to work well
- Ideas were beginning to gel in my mind.
- That day, everything gelled.
- [intransitive] (also jell especially in North American English)(specialist) (of a liquid) to become thicker and more solid; to form a gel
- [transitive, usually passive] gel something to put gel on your hairTopics Appearancec2
Word Originverb sense 4 late 19th cent.: abbreviation of gelatin. verb senses 1 to 3 late 19th cent.: gel from gel ‘gelatin’; the variant jell is a back-formation from jelly.
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