Associations to the word «Hardening»

Wiktionary

HARDENING, verb. Present participle of harden
HARDENING, noun. The process by which something hardens.
HARDENING, noun. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Dictionary definition

HARDENING, noun. Abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue.
HARDENING, noun. The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue".
HARDENING, noun. The act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats