Consolidate vs. Defragment

Consolidateverb

(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.

Consolidateverb

To make stronger or more solid.

Consolidateverb

(finance) To pay off several debts with a single loan.

Consolidateadjective

(obsolete) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

Consolidateadjective

Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

Consolidateverb

To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

Consolidateverb

To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.

Consolidateverb

To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.

Consolidateverb

To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

Consolidateverb

unite into one;

Consolidateverb

make firm or secure; strengthen;

Consolidateverb

bring together into a single whole or system;

Consolidateverb

form into a solid mass or whole;

Consolidateverb

make or form into a solid or hardened mass;

Defragmentverb

(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.