hardening

Noun
Synonyms: solidifyingsolidificationsetcuring

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
  2. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization“the hardening of concrete”“he tested the set of the glue”Synonyms: solidifyingsolidificationsetcuring
  3. the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Harden \Hard"en\ (h[aum]rd"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hardening (-'n*[i^]ng).] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]

1.To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron. [1913 Webster]

2.To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." --Ps. xcv. 8. [1913 Webster]

I would harden myself in sorrow.— Job vi. 10.[1913 Webster]
Hardening \Hard"en*ing\, n.

1.Making hard or harder. [1913 Webster]

2.That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel. [1913 Webster]

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