Consolidate - Definition

v 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"