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Definitions of 'FIRM' Wordnet 

1. (adj) firm, house, business firm
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
"he worked for a brokerage house"

2. (adj) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
"firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

3. (adj) firm, solid
not soft or yielding to pressure
"a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"

4. (adj) firm, strong
strong and sure
"a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"

5. (adj) firm
not subject to revision or change
"a firm contract"; "a firm offer"

6. (adj) firm
(of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
"his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"

7. (adj) firm, steady, unfluctuating
not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
"stocks are still firm"

8. (adj) firm
securely established
"holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"

9. (adj) firm
possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
"firm muscles"

10. (adj) fast, firm, immobile
securely fixed in place
"the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

11. (verb) firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
"a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"

12. (verb) tauten, firm
become taut or tauter
"Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

13. (adverb) tauten, firm
make taut or tauter
"tauten a rope"

14. (adverb) firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly
with resolute determination
"we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"


Definitions of 'FIRM' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) FIRM
the name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co

2. (adj) FIRM
to fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish

3. (adj) FIRM
to fix or direct with firmness

4.  FIRM
fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood

5.  FIRM
not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent

6.  FIRM
solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land

7.  FIRM
indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance


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