firm
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- n the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
- v become taut or tauter
Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly - v make taut or tauter
- s marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
firm convictions
a firm mouth - s not soft or yielding to pressure
a firm mattress
the snow was firm underfoot - s strong and sure
a firm grasp - s not subject to revision or change
a firm contract
a firm offer - s (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
his voice was firm and confident
a firm step - s not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
stocks are still firm - s securely established
holds a firm position as the country's leading poet - s possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
firm muscles - s securely fixed in place
the post was still firm after being hit by the car - s unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
a firm ally - r with resolute determination
we firmly believed it
you must stand firm
- The firm would also keep Shockey in the family by hiring his wife, Alexandraanother former Lewis aideas a consulting lobbyist.
- His firm, which he started five decades ago with money he earned as a lifeguard in Far Rockaway, Queens, was for a long time primarily in the business of acting as a middle man .
- Orthopedic physicians often recommend that patients sleep on firm mattresses to alleviate low-back pain, but a study in last week's issue of the Lancet suggests that such advice is .