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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become settled |
| Synonyms: | assume a pattern, become definite, become delineated, form into crystals, take form, take shape |
| Main Entry: | granulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush into tiny pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, comminute, crumble, crystallize, disintegrate, grate, grind, make coarse, make grainy, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | jell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | clot, cohere, come together, condense, congeal, crystallize, finalize, form, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinize, harden, jellify, jelly, materialize, set, solidify, stick, stiffen, take shape, thicken |
| Antonyms: | liquidate, melt |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | become firm, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, fix, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, soften |
| Main Entry: | shape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form, create |
| Synonyms: | assemble, block out, bring together, build, carve, cast, chisel, construct, crystallize, cut, embody, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, hew, knead, make, mint, model, mold, pat, pattern, produce, roughhew, sculpture, sketch, stamp, streamline, throw together, trim, whittle |
| Antonyms: | deform, destroy |
| Main Entry: | solidify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, cake, cement, clot, coagulate, cohere, congeal, crystallize, densify, dry, firm, freeze, jell, petrify, set, stiffen, strengthen, thicken |
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
| Synonyms: | anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, gel, harden, inflate, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tauten, tense, thicken |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | indurate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, caseharden, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, concrete, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix*, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, season, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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