solidify
verb /səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/
/səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they solidify | /səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/ |
he / she / it solidifies | /səˈlɪdɪfaɪz/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪz/ |
past simple solidified | /səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/ |
past participle solidified | /səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/ |
-ing form solidifying | /səˈlɪdɪfaɪɪŋ/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] solidify (into something) | solidify (something) to become solid; to make something solid
- The mixture will solidify into toffee.
- The paint had solidified in the tray.
- solidified lava
- [intransitive, transitive] (formal) (of ideas, etc.) to become or to make something become more definite and less likely to change
- solidify (into something) Vague objections to the system solidified into firm opposition.
- solidify something They solidified their position as Britain's top band.