consolidate

Meanings

Verb

• 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"