solidify

«solidify» in Mova's school dictionary: to become solid, or to make something become solid… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (solidify, solidifies, solidified, solidifying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To solidify is to become solid, or to make something become solid, usually when a liquid cools or freezes. tree →

2) To solidify a plan, friendship or idea is to make it firmer and more certain. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on states of matter it is the change from liquid to solid (freezing): water solidifies into ice at 0 °C, lava solidifies into rock, melted chocolate solidifies in the fridge. It is the opposite of melting. Phrases: «solidify into», «allow to solidify», «solidify a friendship».

examples

• Water solidifies into ice at 0 °C. tree →
• When lava cools, it solidifies into rock. tree →
• Put the jelly in the fridge to solidify. tree →
• The melted wax solidified into a candle. tree →
• Candle wax melts when hot and solidifies when it cools. tree →
• Working on the project together solidified their friendship. tree →
• Melted chocolate solidifies as it cools. tree →

note

Spelling: solidifies, solidified (y changes to i). Noun: solidification. Opposite: melt. Freezing is solidifying, even for hot things like metal or lava, which «freeze» at high temperatures.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «solidify» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.