Antonyms for firmed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : furm

Phonetic Transcription : fɜrm

Definition of firmed

Origin : c.1300, fermen "make firm, establish," from Old French fermer (12c.) or directly from Latin firmare, from firmus (see firm (adj.)). Related: Firmed; firming.

As in solidify : verb harden
As in stabilize : verb make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change
As in stiffen : verb make or become harder
As in indurate : verb harden
As in harden : verb make or become solid

Example sentences :

Fine soil should be worked around the roots and firmed with the feet.
Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn

But Motauri's mouth had set, his boyish brows had coiled and firmed, and his glance was bright.
Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell

This licence was written vpon a borde whited, and firmed by the iustice, whose charge it is to giue the licence.
Extract from : « The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China, Volume II » by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza

As cultivation is continued the soil will become fined and firmed again by the time drier weather comes on.
Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt

This handful can be replaced in the bed, packed down, and the soil covered over and firmed again at this point.
Extract from : « Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. » by George Francis Atkinson

He paused and firmed his mouth until the lips were lost among the puckers gathered round them, a curious glint in his eyes.
Extract from : « Bud » by Neil Munro

The curd is firmed more in the whey than for Limburger, and more acid is developed.
Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

Huge pickles, still smacking of the brine that "firmed" them, are offered in lieu of fresher acids.
Extract from : « The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) » by Marion Harland

In making this cheese, the milk is coagulated with rennet, cut and firmed in the whey, allowed to settle and the whey 294drawn.
Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

Daisy shut her eyes, then firmed her mouth and opened them again to look.
Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Synonyms for firmed

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