Definition of "gel" in English

noun

1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.

2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

3. A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.

verb

1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).

2. (intransitive) To become a gel.

3. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.

   • He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.

4. (intransitive, figurative) To come together to form something; to cohere.

   • We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.

noun

1. (British, slang) A girl.