härten — meaning in English

English meaning

• anneal verb To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
• harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
• hardening noun The process of becoming, or making something, harder or tougher.
• indurate verb To harden or to grow hard.
• set verb To put something in a particular place or position.

Senses

härten is used for these senses in English:

• anneal (figurative, archaic, or, poetic) To strengthen or harden.
• harden (intransitive) To become hard.
• hardening The process by which something hardens.
• indurate To harden or to grow hard.
• set (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

anneal — full definition

1. verb To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
2. verb To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
3. verb To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
4. verb To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.

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.

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