Dictionary entry details
• HARDEN (verb)
Meaning:
Become hard or harder
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
harden; indurate
Context example:
The wax hardened
Hypernyms (to "harden" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "harden"):
encrust; incrust (form a crust or a hard layer)
callus (form a callus or calluses)
calcify (become impregnated with calcium salts)
cure (make (substances) hard and improve their usability)
Sentence frames:
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Antonym:
soften (become soft or softer)
Meaning:
Make hard or harder
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
harden; indurate
Context example:
The cold hardened the butter
Hypernyms (to "harden" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Cause:
harden; indurate (become hard or harder)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "harden"):
face-harden (harden steel by adding carbon)
callus (cause a callus to form on)
Sentence frames:
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Antonym:
soften (make soft or softer)
Meaning:
Harden by reheating and cooling in oil
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
temper; harden
Context example:
temper steel
Hypernyms (to "harden" is one way to...):
modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make fit
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
season; harden
Context example:
This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
Hypernyms (to "harden" is one way to...):
toughen (make tough or tougher)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
inure; indurate; harden
Context example:
He was inured to the cold
Hypernyms (to "harden" is one way to...):
accustom; habituate (make psychologically or physically used (to something))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "harden"):
callous; cauterise; cauterize (make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals)
brace oneself for; prepare for; steel oneself against; steel onself for (prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant)
Sentence frames:
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