English > solidify: 2 senses > verb 2, changeMeaning | Become solid. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
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Caused by | solidify | make solid or more solid |
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Entailed by | freeze | change to ice |
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Narrower | consolidate | form into a solid mass or whole |
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crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce | assume crystalline form |
freeze, freeze out, freeze down | change from a liquid / liquid to a solid when cold |
jell, set, congeal | Become gelatinous |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
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Spanish | solidificarse, solidificar |
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Catalan | solidificar-se, solidificar |
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Nouns | solid | a three-dimensional shape |
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solid | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress |
solid | matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
solidifying, solidification | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization |