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Verb harden has 5 senses
- harden, indurate - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
--1 is one way to change
Antonyms: soften
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- harden, indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
--2 is one way to change
Antonyms: soften
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- temper, harden - harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
--3 is one way to modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- season, harden - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
--4 is one way to toughen
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- inure, harden, indurate - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
--5 is one way to habituate, accustom
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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