VERB | change | indurate | become fixed or established |
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change | indurate, harden | make hard or harder | |
change | indurate, harden | become hard or harder | |
change | indurate, inure, harden | cause to accept or become hardened to | |
ADJECTIVE | all | indurate, callous, pachydermatous | emotionally hardened |
Meaning | emotionally hardened. | |
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Example | "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" | |
Synonyms | callous, pachydermatous | |
Broader | insensitive | Deficient in human sensibility |
Spanish | duro, insensible |
Meaning | Become fixed or established. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "indurated customs" | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Meaning | make hard or harder. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | harden | |
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 | induration | any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue |
Meaning | Become hard or harder. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | harden | |
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 | induration | any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue |
Meaning | Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Synonyms | inure, harden | |
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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