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- pronunciation:
- har
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
hardens, hardening, hardened |
| definition 1: |
to make hard.
She hardened the clay bowl by baking it.- antonyms:
- soften
- similar words:
- fortify
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| definition 2: |
to make tough or uncaring.
Spending a year in jail hardened his heart.- antonyms:
- soften
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| definition 3: |
to become hard or harder.
The paste hardened.- antonyms:
- soften
- similar words:
- set
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| related words: |
cake, condition, congeal, set |
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