gel

«gel» in Mova's school dictionary: a thick, wobbly or sticky substance, between a liquid and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gel, gels); verb (gel, gels, gelled, gelling)

meaning for a pupil

1) Gel is a thick, wobbly or sticky substance, between a liquid and a solid, like hair gel, shower gel or hand gel. tree →

2) To gel is to become firmer, like jelly setting. tree →

3) To gel (of people) is to start to work well together. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons, hand sanitiser gel and shower gel keep us clean; hair gel styles hair. In science, gels are a mixture of solid and liquid. In teams, players «gel» after practice. Phrases: «hair gel», «hand gel», «shower gel», «ice gel pack».

examples

• Use some hand gel before lunch. tree →
• He put gel in his hair to make it spiky. tree →
• The jelly gelled in the fridge. tree →
• Our team really gelled in the second half. tree →
• Put a cold gel pack on the bump. tree →
• Aloe vera gel soothes sunburn. tree →
• Shower gel smells of strawberries. tree →

note

Double «l» in «gelled», «gelling». Short for «gelatine». Not to be confused with «jell» (also means to set) or «gell»; «gel» is the usual spelling. Safety: hand gel is not for eating; keep it away from eyes. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• Banana skins are slippery because of a gel on the inside; scientists who measured it won the joke Ig Nobel Prize in 2014.
• Hand gel does not clean well when hands are visibly dirty, and after touching farm animals soap and water work better than gel.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.