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Noun hardening has 3 senses
- hardening - abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
--1 is a kind of symptom
--1 has particulars: callosity, callus; calcification
- hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
--2 is a kind of natural process, natural action, action, activity
--2 is a part of plastination
--2 has particulars: congealment, congelation
- hardening - the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
--3 is a kind of change of integrity
--3 has particulars: annealing, tempering
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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