solidify
verbUK /səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/ · CA, US /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/
Etymology From French solidifier. By surface analysis, solid + -ify.
1
To make solid; convert into a solid body.
2
To concentrate; consolidate, reinforce.
- Emerging from Kennaway Tunnel, the train sweeps to the right, affording views of the recent work to solidify the railway here.2023 August 23, Pip Dunn, “The last bastion of the HST 'Castles'”, in RAIL, number 990, page 49:
3
To become solid; to freeze, set.
4
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound).
- Derived terms
- nonsolidified, presolidified, resolidify, solidifiability, solidifiable, solidification, solidifier, unsolidified
- Related terms
- liquefy