What is the meaning of firm?

noun

• The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.
  • usage: "he worked for a brokerage house"
  • synonyms: house, business firm

verb

• Become taut or tauter.
  • usage: "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
  • synonyms: tauten
• Make taut or tauter.
  • usage: "tauten a rope"
  • synonyms: tauten

adjective

• Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
  • usage: "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
  • synonyms: steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
• Not soft or yielding to pressure.
  • usage: "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"
  • synonyms: solid
• Strong and sure.
  • usage: "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
  • synonyms: strong
• Not subject to revision or change.
  • usage: "a firm contract"; "a firm offer"
• Of especially a person's physical features. ( not shaking or trembling)
  • usage: "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"
• Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall.
  • usage: "stocks are still firm"
  • synonyms: steady, unfluctuating
• Securely established.
  • usage: "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"
• Possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue.
  • usage: "firm muscles"
• Securely fixed in place.
  • usage: "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
  • synonyms: fast, immobile
• Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause.
  • usage: "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier... Of Tippecanoe- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
  • synonyms: loyal, truehearted, fast

adverb

• With resolute determination.
  • usage: "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"
  • synonyms: firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly