- to make or become solid or hard
- to make or become strong, united, determined, etc
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so•lid•i•fy /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation
v., -fied, -fy•ing.
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026v.
- Physicsto (cause to) become solid; (cause to) be made into a hard or compact mass;
change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form: [no object]Water solidifies and becomes ice.[~ + object]The concrete will solidify the foundation. - to unite firmly or consolidate: [no object]The coalition must solidify and fight as one unit.[~ + object]That leader can solidify the various groups of the country.
so•lid•i•fy
(sə lid′ə fī′),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
so•lid′i•fi′a•bil′i•ty, so•lid′i•fi′a•ble•ness, n.
so•lid′i•fi′a•ble, adj.
so•lid′i•fi•ca′tion, n.
so•lid′i•fi′er, n.
v.t.
- Physicsto make solid;
make into a hard or compact mass;
change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form. - to unite firmly or consolidate.
- Crystallographyto form into crystals;
make crystallized.
v.i.
- Physicsto become solid.
- Crystallographyto form into crystals;
become crystallized.
- French solidifier. See solid, -ify
- 1790–1800
so•lid′i•fi′a•ble, adj.
so•lid′i•fi•ca′tion, n.
so•lid′i•fi′er, n.
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solidify /səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)
'solidify' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
freeze
- pectin
- amylopectin
- cake
- coagulate
- compact
- congeal
- consolidate
- hard-boiled
- harden
- hydraulic cement
- liquefy
- set
- soft-boiled
- sow