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# solidify

verb (solidify, solidifies, solidified, solidifying)

«solidify» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To solidify is to become solid, or to make something become solid, usually when a liquid cools or freezes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#m1)
2. To solidify a plan, friendship or idea is to make it firmer and more certain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x1)
- When lava cools, it solidifies into rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x2)
- Put the jelly in the fridge to solidify. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x3)
- The melted wax solidified into a candle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x4)
- Candle wax melts when hot and solidifies when it cools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x5)
- Working on the project together solidified their friendship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x6)
- Melted chocolate solidifies as it cools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «solidify» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidify/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«solidify» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/solidify.html) on Mova free.