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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#m1)

2) To gel is to become firmer, like jelly setting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#m2)

3) To gel (of people) is to start to work well together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x1)
- He put gel in his hair to make it spiky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x2)
- The jelly gelled in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x3)
- Our team really gelled in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x4)
- Put a cold gel pack on the bump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x5)
- Aloe vera gel soothes sunburn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x6)
- Shower gel smells of strawberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/13/)
- [Hand gel does not clean well when hands are visibly dirty, and after touching farm animals soap and water work better than gel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.