'Consolidate' definitions:
Definition of 'consolidate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Unite into one; "The companies consolidated"
verb
Make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
verb
Bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
verb
Form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight"
verb
Make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate fibers into boards"
Definition of 'Consolidate'
From: GCIDE
- Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying. [1913 Webster]
- In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Consolidate'
From: GCIDE
- Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, a. [L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.] Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. --Elyot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Consolidate'
From: GCIDE
- Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consolidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consolidating.]
- 1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. [1913 Webster]
- He fixed and consolidated the earth. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. [1913 Webster]
- Consolidating numbers into unity. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]
- Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consolidate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- accelerate,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- add,
- affiliate,
- aggravate,
- ally,
- amalgamate,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- band,
- band together,
- be in league,
- beef up,
- blend,
- blow up,
- circumscribe,
- club together,
- coact,
- coalesce,
- coarct,
- collaborate,
- collude,
- combine,
- come together,
- compact,
- complicate,
- compound,
- compress,
- comprise,
- concentrate,
- concert,
- concord,
- concur,
- condense,
- confederate,
- congest,
- connect,
- conspire,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contract,
- cooperate,
- cram,
- cramp,
- crowd,
- curtail,
- decrease,
- deepen,
- densen,
- densify,
- do business with,
- double,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- embody,
- encompass,
- enhance,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- federate,
- flux,
- fuse,
- get heads together,
- get together,
- go partners,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- include,
- incorporate,
- integrate,
- intensify,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- jam,
- jazz up,
- join,
- join in,
- join together,
- keep together,
- key up,
- knit,
- league,
- league together,
- lump together,
- magnify,
- make common cause,
- make complex,
- make one,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- mix,
- narrow,
- partner,
- play ball,
- press,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- pull together,
- purse,
- put heads together,
- put together,
- ram down,
- ramify,
- reciprocate,
- redouble,
- reduce,
- reembody,
- reinforce,
- roll into one,
- set,
- shade into,
- sharpen,
- shorten,
- solidify,
- soup up,
- squeeze,
- stand together,
- step up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- strengthen,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- synthesize,
- team up,
- throw in together,
- tie in,
- tie up,
- triple,
- unify,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- whet,
- work together,
- wrinkle