Definition of harden

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of harden is as below...

Harden (v. i.) To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense..

Lern More About Harden

Enmarble :: Enmarble (v. t.) To make hard as marble; to harden.
Hardener :: Hardener (n.) One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools..
Portland Cement :: Portland cement () A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water..
Casehardening :: Casehardening (n.) The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel.
Perisarc :: Perisarc (n.) The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids..
Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current..
Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked..
Obfirmate :: Obfirmate (v. t.) To make firm; to harden in resolution.
Galipot :: Galipot (n.) An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch..
Casehardened :: Casehardened (a.) Having the surface hardened, as iron tools..
Match :: Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold..
Hardening :: Hardening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harde.
Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..
Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
Ossified :: Ossified (a.) Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..
Freeze :: Freeze (v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat..
Harden :: Harden (v. t.) To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron..
Chilled :: Chilled (a.) Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel..
Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us