Antonyms for firmed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : furm |
| Phonetic Transcription : fÉœrm |
- be intolerant
- change
- continue
- destroy
- dilute
- discourage
- dishearten
- disjoin
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- drop
- enlarge
- fall
- flex
- forget
- heat
- hurt
- ignore
- indulge
- let down
- let go
- liquefy
- loosen
- melt
- neglect
- open
- release
- separate
- shake
- soften
- spoil
- thin
- unfasten
- unfix
- unlock
- unsettle
- upset
- vary
- weaken
- wobble
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
- 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
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- balance
- ballast
- benumb
- bolt
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- candy
- caseharden
- cement
- chill
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- cohere
- compact
- concrete
- condense
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- crystallize
- curdle
- densify
- dry
- equalize
- fasten
- firm
- firm up
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gel
- gird
- harden
- indurate
- inflate
- inspissate
- jell
- jelly
- maintain
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- poise
- precipitate
- preserve
- press
- prop
- reinforce
- season
- secure
- set
- settle
- solidify
- stabilitate
- stabilize
- starch
- steady
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- support
- sustain
- tauten
- temper
- tense
- thicken
- toughen
- uphold
- vitrify
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