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English adjective: indurate | |||
| 1. | indurate emotionally hardened | ||
| Samples | A callous indifference to suffering. Cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion. | ||
| Synonyms | callous, pachydermatous | ||
| Similar | insensitive | ||
| Antonyms | sensitive | ||
English verb: indurate | |||
| 1. | indurate (change) become fixed or established | ||
| Samples | Indurated customs. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 2. | indurate (change) make hard or harder | ||
| Samples | The cold hardened the butter. | ||
| Synonyms | harden | ||
| 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. | indurate (change) become hard or harder | ||
| Samples | The wax hardened. | ||
| Synonyms | harden | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | calcify, callus, cure, encrust, incrust | ||
| Verb group | harden, indurate | ||
| Antonyms | soften | ||
| 4. | indurate (change) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | ||
| Samples | He was inured to the cold. | ||
| Synonyms | harden, 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 | ||
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