Dictionary definition · firm
noun
- the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments"he worked for a brokerage house"
verb
- become taut or tauter"Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"
- make taut or tauter"tauten a rope"
adjective
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable"firm convictions"
- not soft or yielding to pressure"a firm mattress"
- strong and sure"a firm grasp"
- not subject to revision or change"a firm contract"
- (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling"his voice was firm and confident"
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall"stocks are still firm"
- securely established"holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"
- possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue"firm muscles"
adverb
- with resolute determination"we firmly believed it"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).