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geal

/ˈd͡ʒiːl/

geal verb: to congeal.

Verb

geal (third-person singular simple present geals, present participle gealing, simple past and past participle gealed)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) To congeal.

Forms of geal

third-person singular presentgeals
present participlegealing
past participlegealed
pastgealed

Origin of geal

From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.

Words that rhyme with geal

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Questions about geal

What does geal mean?
Geal means to congeal.
What part of speech is geal?
Geal is a verb.
How do you pronounce geal?
Geal is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiːl/.
What is the past tense of geal?
The past tense of geal is gealed.

Words near geal in the dictionary

  1. geach
  2. geached
  3. geaches
  4. Geachian
  5. geaching
  6. geal
  7. gealed
  8. gealing
  9. gealous
  10. gealousies
  11. gealousy

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