harden — meaning in English

English meaning

• harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
• set verb To put something in a particular place or position.

Senses

harden is used for these senses in English:

• harden (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
• harden (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
• inure (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]
• quenching (metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.
• set (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• set up (intransitive) To gel or harden.

harden — full definition

1. verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
2. verb To become or make someone more resistant, tough, or emotionally unaffected.

set — full definition

1. verb To put something in a particular place or position.
2. verb To fix or establish a time, rule, or level.
3. verb To become solid or firm.
4. verb To go down below the horizon, of the sun or moon.
5. noun A group of matching or related things.

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