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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

jel·ly

[jel-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly·ing, adjective

–noun

1.	a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., esp. fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.

2.	any substance having the consistency of jelly.

3.	Chiefly British. a fruit-flavored gelatin dessert.

4.	a plastic sandal or shoe.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

5.	to bring or come to the consistency of jelly.

–adjective

6.	containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME gely < OF gelee frozen jelly < ML gelāta frozen, equiv. to L gel- freeze + -āta -ate¹; cf. gel, cold

]

—Related forms

jel·ly·like, adjective

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jel·ly (jěl'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. jel·lies

A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar.
Something, such as a petroleum ointment, having the consistency of a soft, semisolid food substance.
A shapeless, pulpy mass: The hero's laser zapped the monster, turning it to jelly.
Something, such as a body part, that has suddenly become limp or enervated: Her knees turned to jelly when she learned she won first prize.
A jellyfish.

v.   jel·lied, jel·ly·ing, jel·lies

v.   tr.
To cause to have the consistency of jelly.

v.   intr.
To acquire the consistency of jelly. See Synonyms at coagulate.

[Middle English gelee, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *gelāta, from Latin, feminine past participle of gelāre, to freeze; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
jelly

1381, from O.Fr. gelée "a frost, jelly," lit. fem. pp. of geler "congeal," from L. gelare "to freeze," from gelu "frost." Jellyfish as the popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures is from 1841. Jellybean first attested 1908. Jellyroll "cylindrical cake containing jelly or jam" is from 1895; as slang for "vagina, sexual intercourse" it dates from 1914 ("St. Louis Blues").

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

jelly
noun
1.	an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods [syn: gelatin]
2.	a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
3.	any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
verb
1.	make into jelly; "jellify a liquid" [syn: jellify]

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

jelly jel·ly (jěl'ē)
n.
A semisolid resilient substance usually containing some form of gelatin in solution.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Jelly

Jel"ly\, n.; pl. Jellies. [ Formerly gelly, gely, F. gel['e]e jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L. gelare; akin to gelu frost. See Gelid.]

1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.

2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.

Jelly bag, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained.

Jelly mold, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes.

Jelly plant (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. --J. Smith.

Jelly powder, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; -- so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Jelly

Jel"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jellied; p. pr. & vb. n. Jellying.] To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

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