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noun
A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age.
Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of
verb
To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.
To become a gel.
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.
noun
A girl.
"Now pray don't be troublesome, my dear gel," said Uncle Andrew.