Verb: consolidate kun'só-li,deyt
- Unite into one
"The companies consolidated"
- Make firm or secure; strengthen
"consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
- Bring together into a single whole or system
"The town and county schools are being consolidated"
- Form into a solid mass or whole
"The mud had consolidated overnight"
- Make or form into a solid or hardened mass
"consolidate fibers into boards"
Derived forms: consolidates, consolidated, consolidating
Type of: merge, solidify, strengthen, toughen, unify, unite
Encyclopedia: Consolidate