solidify

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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)

  1. (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.
  2. (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.
  3. (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
  4. (grammar, transitive) To transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound).

Derived terms

Translations

transitive: to make solid; convert into a solid body

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