- to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- to discard the unused or unwanted items of and organize the remaining: She consolidated her home library.
- to make solid or firm; solidify; strengthen: to consolidate gains.
- to strengthen by rearranging the position of ground combat troops after a successful attack.
- to unite or combine.
- to become solid or firm.
- to form or cause to form into a solid mass or whole; unite or be united
- to make or become stronger or more stable
- to strengthen or improve one's control over (a situation, force, newly captured area, etc)