Verb
1. unite into one;
"The companies consolidated"2. make firm or secure; strengthen;
"consolidate one's gains""consolidate one's hold on first place"3. bring together into a single whole or system;
"The town and county schools are being consolidated"4. form into a solid mass or whole;
"The mud had consolidated overnight"5. make or form into a solid or hardened mass;
"consolidate fibers into boards"