Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To convert to gelatin or jelly.
  • intransitive verb To coat with gelatin.
  • intransitive verb To become gelatinous.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as gelatinate. Also spelled gelatinise.
  • To coat with gelatin: as, gelatinized paper.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as gelatinate, v. t.
  • transitive verb (Photog.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.
  • intransitive verb Same as gelatinate, v. i.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb to cause to become gelatinous.
  • verb to become gelatinous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb become gelatinous or change into a jelly
  • verb coat with gelatin
  • verb convert into gelatinous form or jelly

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Examples

  • Once inside, a "lengthy build-up of heat allows the flour to gelatinize … therefore a baking process is taking place," Aldi S ü d added.

    Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010

  • Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.

    Taxis in the Sky « Isegoria 2008

  • Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.

    Taxis in the Sky 2008

  • Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.

    Taxis in the Sky 2008

  • And the starches, when they reach about 180 degrees, gelatinize.

    Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008

  • And the starches, when they reach about 180 degrees, gelatinize.

    Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008

  • And the starches, when they reach about 180 degrees, gelatinize.

    Peter Reinhart on bread Peter Reinhart 2008

  • But somehow, we Yanks always have time to gelatinize before the soothing glow of our favorite guilty pleasure.

    Murdoch's Fox Ups Ante With Season Five Of 'Idol' 2006

  • Boil wild rice in 1.5 quarts of water to gelatinize starches.

    SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS PATRICK HIGGINS 1998

  • He steeps equal parts oatmeal and pale malt at 132 degrees for an hour, then brings the mixture almost to a boil, so that the oatmeal begins to gelatinize.

    SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS PATRICK HIGGINS 1998

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