concrete

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

transitive usually intransitive obsolete

Japanese Meaning

建築材料であるコンクリートで覆う、包み込む。 / 抽象的なものを具体的な、実体のあるものにする（具現化する）。

They decided to concrete the old foundation to prevent erosion.

彼らは侵食を防ぐために古い基礎をコンクリートで覆うことに決めた。

Sense（1）

(usually transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).

I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.

Sense（2）

(usually transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

Just so economics has concreted the concept of capital.

Sense（3）

(intransitive, obsolete) To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.

The blood of some who died of the plague could not be made to concrete.

concretes

（ present singular third-person ）

concreting

（ participle present ）

concreted

（ participle past ）

concreted

（ past ）