verharden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
Senses
verharden is used for these senses in English:
- harden (intransitive) To become hard.
- harden (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- harden (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- 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.]
- set up (intransitive) To gel or harden.
harden — full definition
- verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
- verb To become or make someone more resistant, tough, or emotionally unaffected.