Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make into jelly.

    make into jelly

  2. (transitive)To preserve in jelly.

  3. To wiggle like jelly.

Examples

91 sentences

  1. Tom ate too many jelly donuts.

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  2. What kind of jelly is this?

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  3. Grab a handful of jelly beans.

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  4. Tom made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

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  5. Tom ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.

Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.

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Forms

jellies, jellying, jellied, jellied
Base formjelly · to jelly
3rd person singularjellies
Present participlejellying
Past simplejellied
Past participlejellied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjelly
he, she, itjellies

Past simpleLesson

all personsjellied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jellied
he, she, ithas jellied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jelly

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • butter and jelly
  • and jelly sandwich
  • jelly sandwich

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jejujelljellojellyfishjennyjeopardizeB2
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