Verb

• S: (v) consolidate (consolidate%2:30:00::) (unite into one) "The companies consolidated"
• S: (v) consolidate (consolidate%2:30:02::) (make firm or secure; strengthen) "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) strengthen (strengthen%2:30:00::) (gain strength) "His body strengthened"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) consolidate (consolidate%2:30:02::) (make firm or secure; strengthen) "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
• S: (v) proof (proof%2:30:00::) (make resistant (to harm)) "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"
• S: (v) bombproof (bombproof%2:30:00::) (make safe against bombings)
• S: (v) bulletproof (bulletproof%2:30:00::) (make bulletproof) "bulletproof the car"
• S: (v) child-proof (child-proof%2:30:00::), childproof (childproof%2:30:00::) (make safe against children) "childproof the apartment"
• S: (v) goofproof (goofproof%2:30:00::), goof-proof (goof-proof%2:30:00::), foolproof (foolproof%2:30:00::) (proof against human misuse or error) "foolproof this appliance"
• S: (v) fireproof (fireproof%2:30:00::) (make resistant to fire)
• S: (v) weatherproof (weatherproof%2:30:00::) (make resistant to bad weather)
• S: (v) back (back%2:30:01::) (strengthen by providing with a back or backing)
• S: (v) sandbag (sandbag%2:30:00::) (protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up) "The residents sandbagged the beach front"
• S: (v) toughen (toughen%2:30:00::) (make tough or tougher) "This experience will toughen her"
• S: (v) season (season%2:30:00::), harden (harden%2:30:02::) (make fit) "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) change (change%2:30:00::) (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
• antonym
• W: (v) weaken (weaken%2:30:00::) [Opposed to: strengthen] (become weaker) "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) strengthening (strengthening%1:11:00::) [Related to: strengthen] (becoming stronger)
• sentence frame
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) consolidate (consolidate%2:30:01::) (bring together into a single whole or system) "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
• S: (v) consolidate (consolidate%2:30:04::) (form into a solid mass or whole) "The mud had consolidated overnight"
• S: (v) consolidate (consolidate%2:30:03::) (make or form into a solid or hardened mass) "consolidate fibers into boards"