solidify-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: make or become physically harder and stronger

Examples:
These wastes are packed and solidified in radioactive waste containers at nuclear power plants.
This solidified the photopolymer.
The molten lead droplets fell against a counter-current of forced air that solidified the molten lead.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Cause_change_of_phase,Change_of_phase
PropBank: solidify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: make or become more unified or certain

Examples:
Before the MS XSLT 2.0 rumors become solidified in concrete by days end read the second sentence.
The economic stabilization that was begun last year is being solidified.
The regents solidified the law they made under emergency rules, citing students' safety as a paramount concern.
This sentiment solidified the party's ranks in the decades following the Civil War.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: solidify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2