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hardened definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb harden 3 of 5 senses of harden Sense 1 harden => encrust => callus => calcify Sense 2 harden => face-harden => callus Sense 5 inure, harden => callous => steel oneself against, steel onself for brace oneself for prepare for Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb harden 3 of 5 senses of harden Sense 1 harden => encrust => effloresce => callus => calcify Sense 2 harden => face-harden => callus Sense 5 inure, harden => callous => steel oneself against, steel onself for brace oneself for prepare for Entailment of verb harden Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb harden 5 senses of harden Sense 1 harden => change Sense 2 harden => change, alter Sense 3 temper, harden => modify Sense 4 season, harden => toughen Sense 5 inure, harden => habituate, accustom Familiarity of verb harden harden used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb harden Sense 1 harden => change -------------- Sense 2 harden => change, alter -------------- Sense 3 temper, harden => modify -------------- Sense 4 season, harden => toughen -------------- Sense 5 inure, harden => habituate, accustom -------------- Grep of noun hardened case-hardened steel oil-hardened steel Overview of verb harden The verb harden has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) harden -- (become hard or harder; "The wax hardened") 2. harden -- (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter") 3. temper, harden -- (harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel") 4. season, harden -- (make fit "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller") 5. inure, harden -- (cause to accept or become hardened to habituate; "He was inured to the cold") Overview of adj hardened The adj hardened has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled -- (used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge") 2. tempered, treated, hardened, toughened -- (made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass") 3. enured, inured, hardened -- (made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett) 4. hardened, set -- (converted to solid form (as concrete)) Antonyms of adj hardened 4 senses of hardened Sense 1 case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled INDIRECT (VIA hard) -> soft Sense 2 tempered (vs. untempered), treated, hardened, toughened Sense 3 enured, inured, hardened INDIRECT (VIA tough) -> tender, untoughened Sense 4 hardened, set INDIRECT (VIA hard) -> soft Similarity of adj hardened 4 senses of hardened Sense 1 case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled => hard (vs. soft) Sense 2 tempered (vs. untempered), treated, hardened, toughened => annealed => baked, burned, burnt => sunbaked Sense 3 enured, inured, hardened => tough (vs. tender), toughened Sense 4 hardened, set => hard (vs. soft) Attributes of adj hardened Familiarity of adj hardened hardened used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj hardened case-hardened hardened unhardened Overview of verb harden The verb harden has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) harden -- (become hard or harder; "The wax hardened") 2. harden -- (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter") 3. temper, harden -- (harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel") 4. season, harden -- (make fit "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller") 5. inure, harden -- (cause to accept or become hardened to habituate; "He was inured to the cold") Overview of adj hardened The adj hardened has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled -- (used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge") 2. tempered, treated, hardened, toughened -- (made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass") 3. enured, inured, hardened -- (made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett) 4. hardened, set -- (converted to solid form (as concrete))
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