Associations to the word «Harden»
Noun
Wiktionary
HARDEN, verb. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
HARDEN, verb. (transitive) (ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
HARDEN, verb. (transitive) (dated) To become or make a person or thing resistant or less sensitive.
HARDEN SOMEONE'S HEART, verb. (idiomatic) (usually reflexive) (dated) To make someone more resistant to something.
Dictionary definition
HARDEN, verb. Become hard or harder; "The wax hardened".
HARDEN, verb. Make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter".
HARDEN, verb. Harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel".
HARDEN, verb. Make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller".
HARDEN, verb. Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold".
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