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  • 121cake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. harden; consolidate, cohere; thicken, congeal, condense. See coherence. n. mass, brick, block, floe; torte. See density, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A flattish, compact mass] Syn. cube, bar, block …

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  • 122condense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. abridge, digest, abbreviate, shorten, cut, epitomize; compress, compact, thicken, concentrate, distill. See density, shortness, contraction, liquefaction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To compress] Syn.… …

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  • 123set — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. place, put, station; arrange, prepare; establish; mount; adjust, regulate; fix, assign, appoint; plant, set out; overthrow, unsettle; sink, go down; solidify, jell, harden; start out. See location,… …

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  • 124stiffen — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grow stiff] Syn. jellify, gel, jelly, thicken, clot, coagulate, solidify, congeal, condense, set, curdle, freeze, inspissate, cake, chill, candy, crystallize; see also harden 2 . Ant. soften*, melt, liquefy. 2. [To cause… …

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  • 125Breadth — (Roget s Thesaurus) Thickness < N PARAG:Breadth >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 breadth breadth width latitude amplitude Sgm: N 1 diameter diameter bore caliber radius Sgm: N 1 superficial extent superficial extent &c.(space) 18 …

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  • 126Semiliquidity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Semiliquidity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 semiliquidity semiliquidity Sgm: N 1 stickiness stickiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 viscidity viscidity viscosity Sgm: N 1 gummosity gummosity glutinosity mucosity …

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  • 127coagulate — co·ag·u·late || kəʊ ægjÊŠleɪt v. cause to become clotted, cause to thicken; become clotted, thicken …

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  • 128coagulated — co·ag·u·late || kəʊ ægjÊŠleɪt v. cause to become clotted, cause to thicken; become clotted, thicken …

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