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单词 solidify
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solidify

(səlɪdɪfaɪ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense solidifies, present participle solidifying, past tense, past participle solidified
1. verb
When a liquid solidifies or is solidified, it changes into a solid.
The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify. [VERB]
They plan to solidify the waste in a high-tech factory. [VERB noun]
...a frying-pan full of solidified fat. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: harden, set, congeal, cake More Synonyms of solidify
2. verb
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. [VERB]
...his attempt to solidify his position as chairman. [VERB noun]
Her behavior this week has solidified her support within the Department of Justice. [VERB noun]

solidify in British English

(səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ)
verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied
1. 
to make or become solid or hard
2. 
to make or become strong, united, determined, etc
Derived forms
solidifiable (soˈlidiˌfiable)
adjective
solidification (soˌlidifiˈcation)
noun
solidifier (soˈlidiˌfier)
noun

solidify in American English

(səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: soˈlidiˌfied or soˈlidiˌfying
1. 
to make or become solid, firm, hard, compact, etc.
2. 
to crystallize
3. 
to make or become solid, strong, or united
Derived forms
solidification (soˌlidifiˈcation)
noun
Word origin
Fr solidifier: see solid & -fy

Examples of 'solidify' in a sentence
solidify

All of that work to solidify our relations gone to waste or worse.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
Wong's mother raised her chin and her features seemed to tighten, solidify.
Terrence Chen SONS OF HEAVEN (2002)

In other languages
solidify

British English: solidify VERB
When a liquid solidifies or is solidified, it changes into a solid.
The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify.
...solidifying the highly radioactive liquid waste.
  • American English: solidify
  • Brazilian Portuguese: solidificar
  • Chinese: 凝固
  • European Spanish: solidificar
  • French: se solidifier
  • German: erstarren
  • Italian: solidificare
  • Japanese: 凝固する
  • Korean: 고체로 변하다
  • European Portuguese: solidificar
  • Latin American Spanish: solidificar

(verb) 
Definition
to make or become solid or hard
The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify.
Synonyms
harden
Mould the mixture into shape before it hardens.
set
Lower the heat and allow the omelette to set on the bottom.
congeal
The blood had started to congeal.
cake
The mud had begun to cake.
jell
coagulate
The blood coagulates to stop wounds bleeding.
cohere

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cake
Definition
to form into a hardened mass or crust
The mud had begun to cake.
Synonyms
solidify,
dry,
consolidate,
harden,
thicken,
congeal,
coagulate,
ossify,
encrust,
inspissate (archaic)
in the sense of coagulate
Definition
to change from a liquid into a soft semisolid mass
The blood coagulates to stop wounds bleeding.
Synonyms
congeal,
clot,
thicken,
curdle,
jell
in the sense of congeal
Definition
to change from a liquid to a semisolid state
The blood had started to congeal.
Synonyms
thicken,
set,
freeze,
harden,
clot,
stiffen,
condense,
solidify,
curdle,
jell,
coagulate,
gelatinize

Synonyms of 'solidify'

solidify

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of jell
Synonyms
solidify,
set,
harden,
thicken,
congeal
in the sense of set
Definition
to make or become firm or rigid
Lower the heat and allow the omelette to set on the bottom.
Synonyms
harden,
stiffen,
condense,
solidify,
cake,
gel,
thicken,
crystallize,
congeal,
jell,
coagulate,
gelatinize
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