solidify
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French solidifier.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/, [səˈlɪɾəˌfaɪ]
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /səˈlɪdəˌfɑɪ/, [səˈlɪɾəˌfɑɪ], /səˈlɪdˌfɑɪ/, [səˈlɪɾˌfɑɪ]
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
transitive: to make solid; convert into a solid body
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transitive: to concentrate; consolidate
intransitive: to become solid; to freeze
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “solidify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.