Harden word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "harden" word

[verb] cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
[verb] make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
[verb] harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
[verb] become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
[verb] make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

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\Hard"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hardening}.] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.] 1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron. 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. I would harden myself in sorrow. --Job vi. 10.
\Hard"en\, v. i. 1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying. The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has hardened into tradition. --The Century. 2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense. They, hardened more by what might most reclaim. --Milton.

Synonyms for harden

indurate, inure, season, temper

Antonyms: soften

Related terms: acclimate, accustom, adjust, concrete, cornify, domesticize, dry, fortify, freeze, habituate, indurate, lapidify, naturalize, petrify, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, shore up, stiffen, strengthen, toughen, wont

The fun area, different aproach to word »harden«

Let's analyse "harden" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NEDRAH. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .... .- .-. -.. . -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: harden: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: harden: 8 + 1 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 5 = 32, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong

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