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- pronunciation:
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lI
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faI
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
solidifies, solidifying, solidified |
| definition 1: |
to make firm, hard, or solid.
The cold temperature of the refrigerator solidified the bacon fat.- antonyms:
- liquefy, melt
- similar words:
- cake, concrete, congeal, firm
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| definition 2: |
to make united.
His stirring and persuasive speech solidified public opinion.- antonyms:
- divide
- similar words:
- consolidate
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| related words: |
clot, coagulate, compress, condense, consolidate, fix, set, substantiate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become solid.
The wax solidifies as it dries.- antonyms:
- liquefy, melt
- similar words:
- concrete, set
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| definition 2: |
to become united.
The workers solidified and decided to strike.- antonyms:
- divide
- similar words:
- consolidate
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| related words: |
cement, coagulate, condense, fix |
| derivation: |
solidification (n.) |
The word solidify
contains the following part:
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective (uglify, Frenchify) or noun (citify, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction (putrefy, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
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