SOLIDIFY


Meaning of SOLIDIFY in English

(solidifies, ~ing, solidified)

1.

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

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

The Energy Department plans to ~ 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 ~ his position as chairman...

VERB: V, V n

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