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harden
1[ hahr-dn ]
verb (used with object)
- to make hard or harder:
to harden steel.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- 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: , , ,
Antonyms:
- 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/ ˈɑːə /
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
harden
2/ ˈɑːə /
noun
- a rough fabric made from hards
Other yvlog Forms
- IJ·· adjective
- e··i·ٲ noun
- v·IJ verb
- ·IJ verb (used with object)
- ·IJ verb
- ܲ·IJ verb (used with object)
- un·IJ·· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
It was also discovered that when they were frozen before being placed in the chamber, their hardened shells were more resilient to cracking at altitude.
With some union members under threat of redundancy and the declaration of a major incident just this week, the council position appears to be hardening.
Life can soften you and harden you in equal measure.
But this one has torn through the core of Sudan, hardening divisions and threatening to split the nation.
There, the atmosphere hardened from a succession of chain-smoking officers, with whom I had to negotiate in my broken Turkish.
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