All firmed synonyms
firm
F f verb firmed
- crystallize β If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- cohere β If the different elements of a piece of writing, a piece of music, or a set of ideas cohere, they fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- counterbalance β To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- counterpoise β a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- poise β a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter. Symbol: P.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- prop β to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- ballast β Ballast is any substance that is used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable. Ballast usually consists of water, sand, or iron.
- inspissate β Thicken or congeal.
- condense β If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- tauten β make taut
- inflate β deflate
- tense β in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- chill β When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- benumb β to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold
- jelly β a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- candy β Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate.
- harden β to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
- gel β Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- acclimatize β When you acclimatize or are acclimatized to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- season β one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- acclimate β When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- concrete β Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water.
- densify β to make or become denser
- caseharden β to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- hardened β made or become hard or harder.
- compressed β Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
noun firmed
- practiced β skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- conglomerated β Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- bunched β a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- concerned β If you are concerned to do something, you want to do it because you think it is important.
- crewed β (especially of an aircraft, ship, or spacecraft) operated by a crew on board.
- crowded β If a place is crowded, it is full of people.
- housed β a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- mobbed β a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- outfitted β an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- rang β simple past tense of ring2 .
adverb firmed
- fasted β Simple past tense and past participle of fast.
adjective firmed
- compacted β compressed as a result of physical pressure
- closed β A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside.
- concreted β constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- secured β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sounded β Surgery. a long, slender instrument for sounding or exploring body cavities or canals.
- flatted β horizontally level: a flat roof.
- bounded β (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- exacted β Simple past tense and past participle of exact.
- trued β being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.