TOUGHEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does toughen mean? • TOUGHEN (verb)
The verb TOUGHEN has 1 sense:
1. make tough or tougher
Familiarity information: TOUGHEN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOUGHEN (verb)
Meaning:
Make tough or tougher
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
This experience will toughen her
Hypernyms (to "toughen" is one way to...):
strengthen (gain strength)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toughen"):
harden; season (make fit)
anneal; normalize; temper (toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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