Verb: harden haa(r)-d(u)n
- Become hard or harder
"The wax hardened";
- indurate
- Make hard or harder
"The cold hardened the butter";
- indurate
- Harden by reheating and cooling in oil
"harden steel";
- temper
- To accustom or habituate to something difficult or unpleasant
"He was hardened to the cold";
- inure, indurate, enure
- Make or become tougher or more resilient through experience or exposure
"The training hardened the recruits";
- season
Derived forms: hardened, hardens, hardening
Type of: accustom, change, habituate, modify, toughen
Antonym: soften
Encyclopedia: Harden, New South Wales