SOLIDIFYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solidifying mean? 

• SOLIDIFYING (noun)
  The noun SOLIDIFYING has 1 sense:

1. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

  Familiarity information: SOLIDIFYING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLIDIFYING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

curing; hardening; set; solidification; solidifying

Context example:

he tested the set of the glue

Hypernyms ("solidifying" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solidifying"):

congealment; congelation (the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing)

Holonyms ("solidifying" is a part of...):

plastination (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened)

Derivation:

solidify (become solid)

solidify (make solid or more solid; cause to solidify)

 Context examples 

For instance, two earlier patient studies suggested that ripples may be important for solidifying memories during sleep.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

Second, by looking at the brain waves, Dr. Bönstrup found activity patterns that suggested the volunteers’ brains were consolidating, or solidifying, memories during the rest periods.

(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)

Issue associated with the undesired characterization of congealing, solidifying, thickening, curdling.

(Coagulation in Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)