firm

Definitions

1. 1.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. Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. Milton. By one man's firm obediency fully tried. Milton.
2. 2.Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.
3. 3.Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.] And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. Dryden.
6. 6.To fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.] He on his card and compass firms his eye. Spenser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is firm.

• What is solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land called?
• What is indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.] And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. Dryden called?
• What is to fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.] He on his card and compass firms his eye. Spenser called?