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# solidified

«solidified» in Mova's school dictionary: **turned from a liquid or gas into a solid, often by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (solidify, solidifies, solidified, solidifying); adjective (solidified)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Solidified means turned from a liquid or gas into a solid, often by cooling: solidified lava. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#m1)

2) Solidified means made stronger, firmer or more certain: their friendship solidified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science: a liquid solidifies when it cools to its freezing point; water solidifies into ice at 0°C, melted chocolate solidifies in the fridge, lava solidifies into rock (igneous rock). This is the opposite of melting. Everyday: wax solidified on the table. In stories and news, a plan or a team's lead «solidified».

### examples

- The lava cooled and solidified into black rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x1)
- The melted chocolate solidified in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x2)
- Candle wax solidified on the tablecloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x3)
- Water solidified into ice overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x4)
- Their friendship solidified during the camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x5)
- The win solidified our place at the top of the league. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x6)
- The jelly had solidified by teatime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/#x7)

### note

Spelling: solidify changes y to ie: solidifies, solidified; but solidifying keeps the y. Noun: solidification. In science, «freezing» and «solidifying» mean the same change (liquid to solid).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «solidified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.