Australian English Meaning of harden

harden

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Definitions and Meaning of harden in English

Wordnet

harden (v)

become hard or harder

make hard or harder

harden by reheating and cooling in oil

make fit

cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Webster

harden (v. t.)

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.

Webster

harden (v. i.)

To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.

To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.

FAQs About the word harden

harden

become hard or harder, make hard or harder, harden by reheating and cooling in oil, make fit, cause to accept or become hardened to; habituateTo make hard or ha

freeze,Stiffen,concrete,Congeal,firm up,harden,set,solidify,anneal,cake

liquefy,soften,dissolve,liquefy,melt,smelt,thaw,deliquesce,flux,fuse

harddihood => hardiness, hardcover => Hardcover, hard-core => hard-core, hardcore => hardcore, hard-cooked egg => Hard-boiled egg,