What is the meaning of the word "firm"?
Definitions:
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become taut or tauter
verb
- Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly
- Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly
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not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
adjective
- stocks are still firm
- stocks are still firm
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not soft or yielding to pressure
adjective
- a firm mattress
- a firm mattress
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not subject to revision or change
adjective
- a firm contract
- a firm contract
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of especially a person's physical features, not shaking or trembling
adjective
- My voice is firm and confident.
- My voice is firm and confident.
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possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
adjective
- firm muscles
- firm muscles
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securely established
adjective
- holds a firm position as the country's leading poet
- holds a firm position as the country's leading poet
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securely fixed in place
adjective
- the post was still firm after being hit by the car
- the post was still firm after being hit by the car
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strong and sure
adjective
- a firm grasp
- a firm grasp
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unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
adjective
- a firm ally
- a firm ally
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with resolute determination
adverb
- we firmly believed it
- we firmly believed it
Synonyms:
- fast
- firmly
- house
- immobile
- loyal
- solid
- steadfast
- steadfastly
- steady
- stiff
- strong
- tauten
- truehearted
- unbendable
- unfaltering
- unfluctuating
- unshakable
- unwavering
- unwaveringly