HyperDic: indurate

English > 5 senses of the word *indurate*:
VERB	change	indurate	become fixed or established
	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

English > *indurate*: 5 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	emotionally hardened.
Example	"cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
Synonyms	callous, pachydermatous
Broader	insensitive	Deficient in human sensibility
Spanish	duro, insensible

English > *indurate*: 5 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	Become fixed or established.
Pattern	Something ----s
Example	"indurated customs"
Broader	change	Undergo a change

English > *indurate*: 5 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	make hard or harder.
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

English > *indurate*: 5 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	Become hard or harder.
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

English > *indurate*: 5 senses > verb 4, change
Meaning	Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Synonyms	inure, harden
Narrower	callous, cauterize, cauterise	make insensitive or callous
Narrower	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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