English verb: harden | |||
1. | harden (change) become hard or harder | ||
Samples | The wax hardened. | ||
Synonyms | indurate | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | calcify, callus, cure, encrust, incrust | ||
Verb group | harden, indurate | ||
Antonyms | soften | ||
2. | harden (change) make hard or harder | ||
Samples | The cold hardened the butter. | ||
Synonyms | indurate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anneal, callus, face-harden, normalize, temper | ||
Cause | harden, indurate | ||
Verb group | harden, indurate | ||
Antonyms | soften | ||
3. | harden (change) harden by reheating and cooling in oil | ||
Samples | Temper steel. | ||
Synonyms | temper | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | modify | ||
4. | harden (change) make fit | ||
Samples | This trip will season even the hardiest traveller. | ||
Synonyms | season | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | toughen | ||
5. | harden (change) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | ||
Samples | He was inured to the cold. | ||
Synonyms | indurate, inure | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accustom, habituate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brace oneself for, callous, cauterise, cauterize, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for | ||