solidify

English

Etymology

From French solidifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/

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.
3. (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze.

Derived terms

• solidifiable
• solidification
• solidifier

Translations

transitive: to make solid; convert into a solid body

• Albanian: ngrij (sq)
• Catalan: solidificar (ca)
• Finnish: jähmettää (fi)
• German: erstarren (de)
• Irish: dhaingneodh (ga)

• Latin: induro (la)
• Portuguese: solidificar (pt)
• Romanian: solidifica (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: očvrsnuti (sh)
• Spanish: solidificar (es)

transitive: to concentrate; consolidate

• Finnish: kiinteyttää (fi), konsolidoida (fi)

intransitive: to become solid; to freeze

• Albanian: ngurtësoj (sq)
• Czech: tuhnout (cs)

• Finnish: jähmettyä (fi)

References

• solidify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913