solidify

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French solidifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/

• Audio (US):

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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, set.

Derived terms

• solidifiable
• solidification
• solidifier

Translations

transitive: to make solid; convert into a solid body

• Albanian: ngrij (sq)
• Catalan: solidificar (ca)
• Finnish: jähmettää (fi)
• French: solidifier (fr)
• German: erstarren (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: στερεόω (stereóō)

• Irish: reoigh, soladaigh, cruaigh, daingnigh (agreement, impression, etc.)
• Latin: induro
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatoka
• Portuguese: solidificar (pt)
• Romanian: solidifica (ro)
• Russian: де́лать твёрдым impf (délatʹ tvjórdym), сде́лать твёрдым pf (sdélatʹ tvjórdym)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀чврснути

  Roman: òčvrsnuti (sh)

• Spanish: solidificar (es)
• Tagalog: sasiksinin

transitive: to concentrate; consolidate

• Finnish: kiinteyttää, konsolidoida
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatōpū

intransitive: to become solid; to freeze

• Albanian: ngurtësoj (sq)
• Czech: tuhnout
• Dutch: verstarren (nl)
• Finnish: jähmettyä (fi)
• French: solidifier (fr)
• Irish: reoigh, soladaigh, éirigh crua
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: totoka
• Portuguese: solidificar (pt)
• Russian: затвердева́ть (ru) impf (zatverdevátʹ), тверде́ть (ru) impf (tverdétʹ), затверде́ть (ru) pf (zatverdétʹ), застыва́ть (ru) impf (zastyvátʹ), засты́ть (ru) pf (zastýtʹ)
• Spanish: solidificar (es)
• Swedish: stelna (sv)

References

• “solidify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.