firm

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1. firm - Noun

2. firm - Adjective

3. firm - Verb

4. firm - Adverb

6. firm - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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.

Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.

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.

To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.

To fix or direct with firmness.

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The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it. Andrea Dworkin

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. Fran Lebowitz

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. John Kenneth Galbraith

The firm tree does not fear the storm. Indonesian Proverb

Foot firm till death. Portuguese Proverb

There is nothing that cannot be achieved by firm imagination. Japanese Proverb

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