"firm" Definition

Definitions for the word "firm" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. superl.
Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. superl.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. superl.
Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
To fix or direct with firmness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
1 a solid or compact. B fixed, stable, steady. 2 a resolute, determined. B steadfast, constant (firm belief; firm friend). 3 (of an offer etc.) Definite; not conditional. adv. Firmly (stand firm). v. (often foll. By up) make or become firm, secure, compact, or solid. firmly adv. Firmness n. [latin firmus]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. n.
Business concern or its partners. [latin firma: cf. *firm1]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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