gel
/d͡ʒɛl/ verb C2- To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
- To convert (a substance) into gel form.
- To become a gel: to set up.
- To develop a rapport. · He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.
- To come together to form something; to cohere. · We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.
He/she/it gels · Past gelled · Past participle gelled · -ing form gelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- gel
- He/she/it
- gels
- Past
- gelled
- Past participle
- gelled
- -ing form
- gelling
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