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harden
1[ hahr-dn ]
verb (used with object)
- to make hard or harder:
to harden steel.
Synonyms: ossify, petrify, indurate, solidify
Antonyms: soften
- to make pitiless or unfeeling:
to harden one's heart.
- to make rigid or unyielding; stiffen:
The rigors of poverty hardened his personality.
- to strengthen or confirm, especially with reference to character, intentions, feelings, etc.; reinforce.
Synonyms: nerve, brace, steel, fortify
Antonyms: weaken
- to make hardy, robust, or capable of endurance; toughen.
- Military. to reinforce the structure of (a military or strategic installation) to protect it from nuclear bombardment.
verb (used without object)
- to become hard or harder.
- to become pitiless or unfeeling.
- to become rigid or unyielding; stiffen:
His personality hardened over the years.
- to become confirmed or strengthened:
His resistance hardened.
- to become inured or toughened:
The troops hardened under constant fire.
- Commerce. (of a market, prices, etc.)
- to cease to fluctuate; firm:
When the speculators withdrew from the market, the prices hardened.
- to rise higher.
Harden
2[ hahr-dn ]
noun
- Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
harden
1/ ˈhɑːdən /
noun
- a rough fabric made from hards
harden
2/ ˈhɑːdən /
verb
- to make or become hard or harder; freeze, stiffen, or set
- to make or become more hardy, tough, or unfeeling
- to make or become stronger or firmer
they hardened defences
- to make or become more resolute or set
hardened in his resolve
- intr commerce
- (of prices, a market, etc) to cease to fluctuate
- (of price) to rise higher
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Other Words From
- harden·a·ble adjective
- harden·a·bili·ty noun
- over·harden verb
- pre·harden verb (used with object)
- re·harden verb
- un·harden verb (used with object)
- un·harden·a·ble adjective
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