gelatinous
Collocations
5ADJ.
green, quoted, right, transparent
VERB + GELATINOUS
squeezed
GELATINOUS + NOUN
fatigue, immensity, substance
PREP.
through, with, with
ADV.
gropingly
Definitions
adj
Jelly-like.
In certain star-fishes, small depressions in the layer of pigment which surrounds the nerve are filled, as described by the author just quoted, with transparent gelatinous matter, and this projects outwardly with a convex surface, like the cornea in the higher animals.
Everyone listened, and everyone was listening still when It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside air of that poison city of madness.
Of or referring to gelatin.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — thick like gelatin
- gelatinlike
- jellylike
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4In certain star-fishes, small depressions in the layer of pigment which surrounds the nerve are filled, as described by the author just quoted, with transparent gelatinous matter, and this projects ou
WiktionaryEveryone listened, and everyone was listening still when It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside ai
WiktionaryWinston was gelatinous with fatigue. Gelatinous was the right word. It had come into his head spontaneously. His body seemed to have not only the weakness of a jelly, but its translucency.
WiktionaryThe umbilical cord contains Wharton's jelly, a gelatinous substance which protects the blood vessels inside and acts as a mucous connective tissue.
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