тверде́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• concrete noun A hard building material made by mixing cement, water, sand, and gravel, which sets solid.
• congeal verb To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
• harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
• solidify verb To become solid, or to make something firm and solid.

Senses

тверде́ть is used for these senses in English:

• concrete (usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
• congeal (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
• solidify (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.

concrete — full definition

1. noun A hard building material made by mixing cement, water, sand, and gravel, which sets solid.
2. adjective Actual and specific rather than vague or abstract.

congeal — full definition

1. verb To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
2. verb To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
3. verb To make rigid or immobile.
4. verb To become congealed, solidify.

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