congeal 'become gelatinous' clot 'change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state' soften 'become soft or softer' set 'become gelatinous' coagulate 'change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state' harden 'become hard or harder' fuse 'become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat' jell 'become gelatinous' thin 'lose thickness; become thin or thinner' indurate 'become hard or harder'
congeal 'COD: become semi-solid, especially on cooling.' coagulate 'COD: (of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semi-solid state.' harden 'COD: become hard or harder' curdle 'COD: separate into curds or lumps' soften 'COD: become soft or softer' clot 'COD: form or cause to form into clots' jell 'COD: set or become firmer' thicken 'COD: become thick or thicker'
coagulated blood The wax hardened The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it The substances fused at a very high temperature the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme
Examples from VerbNet
The clothes dried wrinkled. The clothes dried. Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer. The hairdryer dried the clothes. The cotton clothes dried easily. Bill dried the clothes.
Examples from SemCor
Blood samples were allowed to clot at room_temperature for 3 hr, centrifuged and the serum was removed. His sandy hair was already beginning to thin and recede at the sides, and Abel looked quickly away. Before the resin has hardened, screw a one-inch mahogany keel strip along the centerline. When the whole bottom has hardened, use a disk sander to feather the edges of the cloth at the keel line and near the spray rail. Be sure it is well saturated and_then allow it to harden. Hughes said Monday,`` It is the apparent intention of the Republican_Party to campaign on the carcass of_what they call Eisenhower_Republicanism, but the heart stopped beating and the lifeblood congealed after Eisenhower retired. Meanwhile, three great terrible forces were coagulating and crystallizing. A_number_of C clamps hold the pieces together on the jig until the glue sets. When the resin has hardened, mix up another batch with a pigment added if you wish. Her own body protested, aching painfully where the blood in her veins had congealed, where cold demon wisps still clung and caressed. Then the darkness thinned, and there was light again, and_then bright sunlight. The silver_chloride was fused under vacuum in the presence of aluminum chips with the resultant product of** f which was sublimed into a flask on the vacuum line.