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English
Etymology
From French solidifier.
Pronunciation
Verb
solidify (third-person singular simple present solidifies, present participle solidifying, simple past and past participle solidified)
- (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.
- (transitive) To concentrate; consolidate, reinforce.
2023 August 23, Pip Dunn, “The last bastion of the HST 'Castles'”, in RAIL, number 990, page 49:Emerging from Kennaway Tunnel, the train sweeps to the right, affording views of the recent work to solidify the railway here.
- (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
Derived terms
Translations
transitive: to make solid; convert into a solid body
- Albanian: ngrij (sq)
- Bulgarian: втвърдявам (bg) (vtvǎrdjavam)
- Catalan: solidificar (ca)
- Finnish: jähmettää (fi), kovettaa (fi), jäykistää, kangistaa
- French: solidifier (fr)
- German: erstarren (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: στερεόω (stereóō)
- Hungarian: szilárdít (hu), megszilárdít (hu), megkeményít (hu)
- Irish: reoigh, soladaigh, cruaigh, daingnigh (agreement, impression, etc.)
- Latin: induro
- Maori: whakatoka
- Portuguese: solidificar (pt)
- Romanian: solidifica (ro)
- Russian: де́лать твёрдым impf (délatʹ tvjórdym), сде́лать твёрдым pf (sdélatʹ tvjórdym)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̀чврснути
- Roman: òčvrsnuti (sh)
- Spanish: solidificar (es)
- Tagalog: sasiksinin
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transitive: to concentrate; consolidate
intransitive: to become solid; to freeze
- Albanian: ngurtësoj (sq)
- Bulgarian: втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se)
- Czech: tuhnout
- Dutch: verstarren (nl)
- Finnish: jähmettyä (fi), konkretisoitua (fi), kohmettua, hyytyä (fi), kovettua (fi)
- French: solidifier (fr)
- Hungarian: szilárdul (hu), megszilárdul (hu), megfagy (hu), megkeményedik (hu)
- Irish: reoigh, soladaigh, éirigh crua
- Maori: totoka
- Portuguese: solidificar (pt)
- Russian: затвердева́ть (ru) impf (zatverdevátʹ), тверде́ть (ru) impf (tverdétʹ), затверде́ть (ru) pf (zatverdétʹ), застыва́ть (ru) impf (zastyvátʹ), засты́ть (ru) pf (zastýtʹ)
- Spanish: solidificar (es)
- Swedish: stelna (sv)
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