consolidated

(verb) unite into one. Synonyms: consolidate. Example: "The companies consolidated."

(verb) make firm or secure; strengthen. Synonyms: consolidate. Examples: "Consolidate one's gains." "Consolidate one's hold on first place."

(verb) bring together into a single whole or system. Synonyms: consolidate. Example: "The town and county schools are being consolidated."

(verb) form into a solid mass or whole. Synonyms: consolidate. Example: "The mud had consolidated overnight."

(verb) make or form into a solid or hardened mass. Synonyms: consolidate. Example: "Consolidate fibers into boards."

(adj) joined together into a whole. Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, fused. Examples: "United industries." "The amalgamated colleges constituted a university." "A consolidated school."

(adj) forming a solid mass.