| VERB | change | harden, indurate | become hard or harder |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | harden, indurate | make hard or harder | |
| change | harden, temper | harden by reheating and cooling in oil | |
| change | harden, season | make fit | |
| change | harden, inure, indurate | cause to accept or become hardened to |
| Sounds | hhaa'rdahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Become hard or harder. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The wax hardened" | |
| Synonym | indurate | |
| Caused by | harden, indurate | make hard or harder |
| Narrower | calcify | Become impregnated with calcium salts |
| callus | form a callus or calluses | |
| cure | make (substances) hard and improve their usability | |
| encrust, incrust | form a crust or a hard layer | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | soften | Become soft or softer |
| Similar to | harden, indurate | make hard or harder |
| Spanish | endurecerse, endurecer | |
| Catalan | aterrossar-se, endurir-se, endurir, forjar, gelar-se, gelar, glaçar-se, glaçar | |
| Nouns | hardening | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization |
| Meaning | make hard or harder. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The cold hardened the butter" | |
| Synonym | indurate | |
| Cause to | harden, indurate | Become hard or harder |
| Narrower | anneal, temper, normalize | Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling |
| callus | Cause a callus to form on | |
| face-harden | harden steel by adding carbon | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | soften | make soft or softer |
| Similar to | harden, indurate | Become hard or harder |
| Spanish | endurecerse, endurecer | |
| Catalan | endurir-se, endurir | |
| Nouns | hardening | the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter / tighter or more compact) |
| Meaning | harden by reheating and cooling in oil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | temper | |
| Broader | modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme / extreme |
| Spanish | endurecer, templar | |
| Catalan | endurir, temperar | |
| Meaning | make fit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | season | |
| Broader | toughen | make tough / tough / tough / tough or tougher / tougher / tougher / tougher |
| Spanish | aderezar, endurecer, fortalecer, preparar | |
| Catalan | enfortir | |
| Meaning | Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | inure, indurate | |
| Narrower | callous, cauterize, cauterise | make insensitive or callous |
| steel oneself against, steel onself for, brace oneself for, prepare for | Prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant | |
| Broader | habituate, accustom | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| Spanish | acostumbrar, avezar, endurecer, habituar | |
| Catalan | acostumar, avesar, habituar | |
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