solidifying
Setting into place
Solidifying is the process of becoming solid or making something solid.
Liquid metal solidifies as it cools.
The word extends to abstractions: plans solidify as details get worked out, support solidifies as more people commit.
Public opinion was solidifying against the war.
To solidify a position is to strengthen or secure it.
Context of events
- congealingThickening into solid
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
- curdlingSeparating into lumps
- clottingBlood solidifying process
jelling · gelatinizing · thickening · firming · stiffening · curing · tempering · annealing
Making more robust
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- bolsteringStrengthening or supporting
- stabilizingMaking firm or constant
- securingMaking firmly fixed
establishing · buttressing · shoring up · underpinning · grounding · entrenching · anchoring · galvanizing
Fastening withite adhesive
- adhesionState of clinging fast
- fusingJoining by melting
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
laminating · cohesion · glue · epoxy · mortar · grout · sealant · anchoring
setting
Context of events
- congealingThickening into solid
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
- curdlingSeparating into lumps
clotting · jelling · gelatinizing · thickening · firming · stiffening · curing · tempering · annealing · vulcanizing
reinforcing
Making more robust
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- bolsteringStrengthening or supporting
- stabilizingMaking firm or constant
securing · establishing · buttressing · shoring up · underpinning · grounding · entrenching · anchoring · galvanizing · affirming
cementing
Fastening withite adhesive
soldering · laminating · cohesion · glue · epoxy · mortar · grout · sealant · anchoring · fastening
nucleation
Initial cluster formation
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
formation · structure · freezing · ice · snowflake · glacier · salt · sugar · mineral · quartz
- hardeninghardening, stiffening, rigidifying, setting, firming
- volcanic activityeruption, active, lava, dormant, magma
- thermal processesheating, burning, cooling, boiling, melting
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- making smallershrinking, compressing, reducing, squeezing, compacting
- clumping actionsclotting, curdling, coagulating, congealing, lumping
solidifyingmelting
Solid-to-liquid transition
liquefying · dissolving · thawing · vaporizing · evaporating
solidifyingsoftening
Becoming less firm
loosening · weakening · yielding · slackening · relaxing
solidifyingdissolving
Passing into solution
destabilizing · fragmenting · disintegrating · undermining · unraveling