"consolidated" in the verb sense
1. consolidate
unite into one
"The companies consolidated"
2. consolidate
make firm or secure strengthen
"consolidate one's gains"
"consolidate one's hold on first place"
3. consolidate
bring together into a single whole or system
"The town and county schools are being consolidated"
4. consolidate
form into a solid mass or whole
"The mud had consolidated overnight"
5. consolidate
make or form into a solid or hardened mass
"consolidate fibers into boards"
"consolidated" in the adjective sense
1. amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused
joined together into a whole
"United Industries"
"the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"
"a consolidated school"
2. consolidated
forming a solid mass
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