solidify

To make solid; convert into a solid body.

Verb

  1. To make solid; convert into a solid body.

    Synonyms: set jell

  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,...
  3. To become solid; to freeze, set.
  4. To transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound).

Origin

From French solidifier. By surface analysis, solid + -ify.

Forms

solidifies solidifying solidified

Related

liquefy

Derived

nonsolidified presolidified resolidify solidifiability solidifiable solidification solidifier unsolidified