solid

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas…

   That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

   • Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
2. 2

   Large in size, quantity, or value.

   • Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums
   • Americans increased their borrowing by a solid amount in September. But the gain was less than half the big August surge
   • On top of that, the speaker is big, so you may have to set aside a solid amount of space for it.
3. 3

   Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

   • solid gold
   • solid chocolate
   • The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
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   1. 4

      Strong or unyielding.

      • a solid foundation
      • As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.
   2. 5

      Continuous and heavy.

      • He was covered in a fine mist by then, the night skies growing more saturated by the hour. It would be a nice, solid rain before long, he figured.
   3. 6

      Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.

      • That's a solid plan.
      • Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
      • I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
   4. 7

      Hearty

      Hearty; filling.

      • a solid meal
   5. 8

      Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem

      Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.

      • the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
      • Theſe are they, who wanting Wit, affect Gravity, and go by the name of Solid men: and a ſolid man is, in plain English, a ſolid, ſolemn Fool.
      • 1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.
   6. 9

      Financially well off

      Financially well off; wealthy.

   7. 10

      Sound

      Sound; not weak.

      • a solid constitution of body
   8. 11

      Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

      • American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
   9. 12

      Not having the lines separated by leads

      Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

   10. 13

       United

       United; without division; unanimous.

       • The delegation is solid for a candidate.
   11. 14

       Of a single color throughout.

       • John painted the walls solid white.
       • He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
   12. 15

       United.

       • […] the other acquired unlimited power over a solid kingdom. It would be tedious, and not very instructive, to follow the details of German public law during the middle ages : nor are the more important parts of it easily separable […]
       • […] a solid New England vote. Even with all New England for him, Mr. Olney could scarcely carry the convention, because he is still hated by the populist and the labor and socialist elements of his party.[…]
   13. 16

       Intimately allied or friendly with.

       • […] we thus succeeded in making ourselves "solid with the administration" before we had been in a town or village forty-eight hours. The next steps in our plan of campaign were, first, to forestall suspicion in the minds of the[…]
       • I wanted to get solid with him for a time while he lived, but I believe he might have been worked into Paradise with half the scheming that was necessary before he deigned to look favorably upon me.
       • [Image of a man labelled 'League of Nations' pointing to a picture of a woman labelled 'Democracy Wilson'.] "If I can only get solid with her I stand a chance in this peace game." - The Passing Show (London).
   14. 17

       Continuous

       Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.

       • The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
   15. 18

       Entire, complete.

       • Loose and undisciplined the soldier lay, / Or lost in drink and game the solid day; / Porches and schools , design'd for public good, / Uncover'd, and with scaffolds cumber'd stood, / Or nodded, threatening ruin- […]
   16. 19

       Having all the geometrical dimensions

       Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

       • A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
       • "What have plane figures to do with solid orbits? Solid bodies ought to be used for solid orbits."
       • […] the rules […] for measuring different superficial or solid figures will be found under the several heads: the two fundamental[…]
   17. 20

       Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without…

       Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

   18. 21

       Solidly.

       • True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"
       • Hm-m-—These papers are complete—They make Mortimer and Matilda the legal guardians of Babs—ought to put me in more solid than ever with Miss Effie—and that home is good graft.
       • Suppose, then, a whole family got sick with this flu, and no help around, and winter setting in solid and cold three weeks early?
   19. 22

       Without spaces or hyphens.

       • Many long-established compounds are set solid.
   20. 23

       A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without…

       A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

   21. 24

       A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).

   22. 25

       A favor.

       • Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
       • I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
       • Fortunately, the president of our illustrious institution has been after me for a year to get Francis Ford Coppola to speak at next year's commencement, and Francis owes me a solid.
   23. 26

       An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.

       • I prefer solids over paisleys.
   24. 27

       Food which is not liquid-based.

       • The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
   25. 28

       Acronym of single responsibility, open-closed, Liskov substitution, interface segregation…

       Acronym of single responsibility, open-closed, Liskov substitution, interface segregation and dependency inversion, a set of design principles promoting maintainability and extensibility.

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