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uncongeal

uncongeal verb: to become liquid again; to thaw.

Verb

uncongeal (third-person singular simple present uncongeals, present participle uncongealing, simple past and past participle uncongealed)

  1. (intransitive) To become liquid again; to thaw.
    • Like soften'd airs that blowing steal, / When meres begin to uncongeal, / The sweet church bells began to peal.1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 143
  2. (transitive) To make less rigid
  3. (transitive) To become less rigid

Forms of uncongeal

third-person singular presentuncongeals
present participleuncongealing
past participleuncongealed
pastuncongealed

Origin of uncongeal

From un- + congeal.

Questions about uncongeal

What does uncongeal mean?
Uncongeal means to become liquid again; to thaw.
What part of speech is uncongeal?
Uncongeal is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncongeal?
The past tense of uncongeal is uncongealed.

Words near uncongeal in the dictionary

  1. unconfusedness
  2. unconfuses
  3. unconfusing
  4. unconfutable
  5. unconfuted
  6. uncongeal
  7. uncongealable
  8. uncongealed
  9. uncongealing
  10. uncongeals
  11. uncongenial

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