harden
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(verb) become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" |
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Related Words: calcify, callus, change, encrust |
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Antonyms: soften |
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| 2. |
(verb) make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" |
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Related Words: alter, callus, change, face-harden |
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Antonyms: soften |
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| 3. |
(verb) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" |
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Synonyms: inure |
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Related Words: accustom, brace oneself for, callous, habituate, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for |
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| 4. |
(verb) make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" |
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Synonyms: season |
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Related Words: toughen |
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(verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" |
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Synonyms: temper |
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Related Words: modify |
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