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Found 4 hits - Term: solid, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
solid \sol"id\ so^l"i^d, a. l. solidus, probably akin to
   sollus whole, entire, gr. ???: cf. f. solide. cf.
   consolidate,soda, solder, soldier, solemn.
   1. having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly
      adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of
      other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; --
      opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like
      clay, or to incompact, like sand.
      1913 webster

   2. not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as
      distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense;
      hence, sometimes, heavy.
      1913 webster

   3. arith. having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as,
      a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense, cubics now generally used.
         1913 webster

   4. firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid
      pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
      1913 webster

   5. applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united
      and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
      1913 webster

   6. fig.: worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as
      opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm;
      strong; valid; just; genuine.
      1913 webster

            the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            these, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the
            name of solid men.                    --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the genius of the italians wrought by solid toil
            what the myth-making imagination of the germans had
            projected in a poem.                  --j. a.
                                                  symonds.
      1913 webster

   7. sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --i.
      watts.
      1913 webster

   8. bot. of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a
      bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
      1913 webster

   9. metaph. impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other
      material particle or atom from any given portion of space;
      -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
      1913 webster

   10. print. not having the lines separated by leads; not
       open.
       1913 webster

   11. united; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation
       is solid for a candidate. polit. cant. u.s.
       1913 webster

   solid angle. geom. see under angle.

   solid color, an even color; one not shaded or variegated.
      

   solid green. see emerald green
       a, under green.

   solid measure arith., a measure for volumes, in which the
      units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a
      cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid
      measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches.

   solid newel arch., a newel into which the ends of winding
      stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. see
      under hollow, a.

   solid problem geom., a problem which can be construed
      geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a
      conic section or of two conic sections. --hutton.

   solid square mil., a square body or troops in which the
      ranks and files are equal.
      1913 webster

   syn: hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound;
        real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave;
        important.

   usage: solid, hard. these words both relate to the
          internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more
          impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the
          component parts than solid. hard is opposed to soft,
          and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. wood is
          usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and
          others are soft.
          1913 webster

                repose you there; while i return to this hard
                house,
                more harder than the stones whereof 't is
                raised.                           --shak.
          1913 webster

                i hear his thundering voice resound,
                and trampling feet than shake the solid ground.
                                                  --dryden.
          1913 webster
see also:
consolidate soda solder soldier solemn fluid 
liquid plastic incompact hollow hyphened 
frivolous fallacious solid angle angle solid color 
solid green emerald green green solid measure solid newel 
hollow solid problem solid square solid hard 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
solid \sol"id\, n.
   1. a substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among
      its particles; a substance not fluid.
      1913 webster

   2. geom. a magnitude which has length, breadth, and
      thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
      1913 webster

   solid of revolution. geom. see revolution, n., 5.
      1913 webster
see also:
solid of revolution revolution 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
solid
     adj 1: of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor
            gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state" ant: liquid,
             gaseous
     2: of good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base
        hit"
     3: entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "solid
        silver"; "a solid block of wood" ant: hollow
     4: of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "a
        solid color"; "carved out of solid rock"
     5: uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid
        line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"
     6: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid
        food"; "ate a substantial breakfast" syn: hearty, satisfying,
         substantial
     7: of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid
        foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" syn:
        strong, substantial
     8: having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid
        citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor" syn:
        noble, upstanding, worthy
     9: not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the
        snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" syn: firm
     10: having three dimensions; "a solid object"
     11: incapable of being seen through; "solid blackness"
     12: entirely of a single color throughout; "a solid fabric"
         syn: self-colored, self-coloured
     13: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid
         voting bloc" syn: unanimous
     n 1: a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure
     2: the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under
        moderate stress; resists forces such as compression that
        tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
        syn: solidness
     3: a three-dimensional shape
see also:
liquid gaseous hollow hearty satisfying substantial 
strong noble upstanding worthy firm 
self-colored self-coloured unanimous solidness 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
353 moby thesaurus words for "solid":
   ok, a certain, abiding, able to pay, ace-high, adamantine,
   agreeing, an, any, any one, appreciable, at one, at one with,
   atomic, authentic, authoritative, bad, balanced, bang-up, binding,
   blank, block, body, bony, bonzer, boss, bristling, bulky, bully,
   but good, cake, calculable, carried by acclamation, cement,
   cemental, changeless, chock-full, close, close-knit,
   close-textured, close-woven, clump, cluster, cogent, compact,
   compacted, complete, compressed, concentrated, concordant,
   concrete, concretion, concurrent, condensed, congested,
   conglomerate, conglomeration, consentaneous, consentient,
   consistent, consolidated, constant, continuing, continuous,
   convincing, cool, corking, corneous, crackerjack, crammed,
   crammed full, crawling, crowded, cubic, dandy, decent, delicious,
   dense, dependable, developed, diamondlike, downright, ducky,
   durable, dure, dynamic, effective, either, enduring, entire,
   estimable, exclusive, fab, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiducial,
   fine and dandy, firm, firm as gibraltar, firmly, fixed, flintlike,
   flinty, forceful, frozen, full, full-fledged, full-grown,
   full-scale, gear, genuine, global, gluey, good, good for,
   granitelike, granitic, great, groovy, hard, hard as nails,
   hardhearted, hardly, heavy, homogeneous, honest-to-god, horny, hot,
   hunky-dory, immobile, immutable, impenetrable, impermeable,
   imperturbable, in agreement, in equilibrium, incontestable,
   incontrovertible, indisputable, individual, indivisible,
   infrangible, intact, integral, intensive, invincible, inviolate,
   iron-hard, ironlike, irreducible, irrefutable, jam-packed, jam-up,
   jammed, just, just dandy, keen, knot, lapideous, lasting,
   law-abiding, lawful, legal, legitimate, like-minded, lithoid,
   lithoidal, logical, lone, lump, made of iron, marble, marblelike,
   marvy, mass, massive, material, mature, matured, mean, mighty,
   monadic, monistic, neat, nifty, nobby, node, nonporous, obdurate,
   of a piece, of one accord, of one mind, okay, one, osseous,
   out of sight, packed, palpable, peachy, peachy-keen, permanent,
   perpetual, persistent, persuasive, ponderable, populous, potent,
   powerful, predictable, provable, proved, pure, quiescent, rational,
   real, reasonable, regular, reliable, remaining, resistant,
   resistive, rigid, ripe, ripping, rocklike, rocky, rugged, rum,
   satisfactory, satisfying, scrumptious, secure, self-consistent,
   sensible, serried, simple, single, singular, slap-up, smashing,
   sober, sole, solid body, solidly, solitary, solvent,
   something else, sound, spiffing, spiffy, stable, stalwart, static,
   stationary, staunch, staying, steadfast, steady, steellike, steely,
   stonelike, stony, stout, straight, strong, stunning, sturdy,
   substantial, substantive, sufficient, sure, surefire, sustained,
   swarming, swell, tangible, teeming, telling, thick, thick-growing,
   thickset, thorough, three-dimensional, through-and-through, torpid,
   total, tough, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, unabbreviated,
   unadulterated, unalloyed, unaltered, unanalyzable, unanimous,
   unbreakable, unbroken, unchallenged, unchangeable, unchanged,
   unchanging, unchecked, uncontested, uncontradicted, uncontroverted,
   uncut, undestroyed, undiminished, undivided, unexpurgated,
   unfading, unfailing, unflappable, unflinching, uniform, unindebted,
   uninterrupted, unique, unitary, unmixed, unopposed, unrelieved,
   unshakable, unshakeable, unshaky, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying,
   unwavering, unyielding, upright, upstanding, valid, vigorous,
   viscid, viscose, viscous, weighty, well-balanced, well-built,
   well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, whole,
   with one consent, with one voice, without nerves, wizard, worthy





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