To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
To become firm; stabilise.
To make firm or strong; fix securely.
To improve after decline.
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.
A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
A business enterprise, however organized.
Durable, rigid (material state)
Fixed (in opinion).
Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
To be converted into glass, especially through heat.
To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion.