To become firm; stabilise.
To make firm or strong; fix securely.
To improve after decline.
To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
To shorten (of betting odds).
To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
Durable, rigid (material state)
Fixed (in opinion).
Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
A business enterprise, however organized.
To make lean.
Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).