Harden

Verb

 * 1)  To become hard.
 * 2)  To make something hard(er).
 * 3)  To become or make a person or thing resistant or less sensitive.
 * When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. — KJV, Exodus 4:21

Derived terms

 * harden someone's heart

Adverbs for Harden
glacially; excessively; immoderately; perpetually; scientifically; methodically; mechanically.

Thesaurus
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, anneal, be tough, beef up, brace, brace up, break, break in, brutalize, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, case harden, caseharden, compact, concrete, condition, confirm, conform, congeal, consolidate, cornify, crystallize, densify, domesticate, domesticize, dry, endure, establish, familiarize, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gentle, gird, habituate, hang tough, housebreak, indurate, intensify, inure, invigorate, lapidify, lithify, naturalize, nerve, orient, orientate, ossify, petrify, prop, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, restrengthen, season, set, shore up, solidify, steel, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tame, temper, toughen, train, turn to stone, undergird, vitrify, wont

Translations

 * Catalan: endurir-se
 * Czech: tvrdnout, ztuhnout
 * Dutch: hard worden, verharden, verstijven
 * Finnish: kovettua
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Latin: firmo
 * Polish: twardnieć
 * Russian: затвердеть
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: отврднути
 * Roman: otvrdnuti
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: endurir
 * Czech: vytvrdit,
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish: kovettaa
 * French:
 * Greek: σκληρύνω
 * Latin: firmo


 * Czech: zatvrdit se
 * Dutch:


 * Greek:
 * Latin: firmo
 * Russian: ожесточиться, ожесточить

Anagrams

 * hander

Verb

 * 1)  To render hard(er), more resistant etc.; to temper metal; to steel nerves
 * De geharde veteranen verbeten de pijn zonder jammeren.
 * The hardened veterans bit the pain without whining.
 * 1)  to endure, bear, stand, tolerate
 * De pijn leek na één zweepslag al niet te harden, toch moest zijn achterste er nog vijf harden.
 * The pain seemed unbearable already after one whip lash, yet his butt had to endure five more.

Synonyms

 * (to endure) uithouden, verdragen

Noun
harden