gel

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From Latin gelu (freezing, cold, ice) or gelatus (frozen, immobile).

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Particularly: “new formation, right? Need a date”

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Singular
gel

Plural
countable and uncountable; gels

gel (countable and uncountable; plural gels)

  1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
  2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

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For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

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Infinitive
to gel

Third person singular
gels

Simple past
gelled

Past participle
gelled

Present participle
gelling

to gel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)

  1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
  2. (intransitive) To become a gel.

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Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

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Singular
gel

Plural
gels

gel (plural gels)

  1. (UK) A girl.

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gel m.

  1. ice

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  • IPA: /ʒɛl/ or /dʒɛl/

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gel m. and n. (plural gels, no diminutive)

  1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
  2. gel (cosmetic preparation)

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From Latin gelu

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gel m. (plural gels)

  1. frost
  2. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
  3. gel (cosmetic preparation)

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From Common Turkic *käl

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gel

  1. Imperative form of gelmek.
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