SOLIDIFY


Meaning of SOLIDIFY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səlɪdɪfaɪ ]

( solidifies, solidifying, solidified)

1.

When a liquid solidifies or is solidified , it changes into a solid.

The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify...

The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory.

...a frying-pan full of solidified fat.

VERB : V , V n , V-ed

2.

If something such as a position or opinion solidifies , or if something solidifies it, it becomes firmer and more definite and unlikely to change.

Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit.

...his attempt to solidify his position as chairman...

VERB : V , V n

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