Definition

1. Verb:
   • To become solid: To change from a liquid or gaseous state into a solid state.
   • To make solid or more solid; to cause to solidify: To cause a substance to become hard or firm, or to make something more stable and strong.

Examples of Usage

• Intransitive Verb (to become solid):
  • The liquid wax will solidify as it cools.
  • Lava solidifies into rock when it reaches the surface and cools.
• Transitive Verb (to make solid):
  • The cold temperatures solidified the water into ice.
  • They added a chemical to solidify the mixture.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use (to make firm or definite): To make an idea, plan, or relationship more concrete, stable, or permanent.
  • The meeting helped to solidify our partnership.
  • She solidified her lead in the competition with a final, perfect performance.

Variants and Related Words

• Solidification (noun): The process of becoming solid.
  • The solidification of the lava took several hours.
• Solid (adjective): Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.
  • The chocolate is now solid.

Synonyms

• Harden: To become or make hard.
• Coagulate: (Of a fluid, especially blood) to change to a solid or semi-solid state.
• Congeal: To become semi-solid, especially on cooling.
• Set: To become firm or hard.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(Note: "Solidify" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.) - To solidify into: To become a specific solid form. - The solution solidified into crystals.

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms that use the word "solidify" as their core component.)

Verb

1. become solid
   • The metal solidified when it cooled
2. make solid or more solid; cause to solidify