harden, v.
(hardened, hardening, hardens)
freq. cnt. 4
(hardened, hardening, hardens)
freq. cnt. 4
become hard or harder
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
harden indurate
sample sentences
"The wax hardened"verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
verb group
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
harden indurate inure
sample sentences
"He was inured to the cold"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
make fit
<verb.change>
harden season
sample sentences
"This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"verb frames
Something ----s somebodyverb frames
Something ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
<verb.change>
harden temper
sample sentences
"temper steel"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
make hard or harder
<verb.change>
harden indurate
sample sentences
"The cold hardened the butter"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
verb group
cause