face-harden

face-hard·en

(fās′här′dn)tr.v. face-hard·ened, face-hard·en·ing, face-hard·ens To harden the surface of (a metal).

vb (Metallurgy) (tr) to harden the surface of (steel or iron) by the addition of carbon at high temperature

Past participle: face-hardened
Gerund: face-hardening

Imperative	face-hardenface-harden

Present	I face-hardenyou face-hardenhe/she/it face-hardenswe face-hardenyou face-hardenthey face-harden

Preterite	I face-hardenedyou face-hardenedhe/she/it face-hardenedwe face-hardenedyou face-hardenedthey face-hardened

Present Continuous	I am face-hardeningyou are face-hardeninghe/she/it is face-hardeningwe are face-hardeningyou are face-hardeningthey are face-hardening

Present Perfect	I have face-hardenedyou have face-hardenedhe/she/it has face-hardenedwe have face-hardenedyou have face-hardenedthey have face-hardened

Past Continuous	I was face-hardeningyou were face-hardeninghe/she/it was face-hardeningwe were face-hardeningyou were face-hardeningthey were face-hardening

Past Perfect	I had face-hardenedyou had face-hardenedhe/she/it had face-hardenedwe had face-hardenedyou had face-hardenedthey had face-hardened

Future	I will face-hardenyou will face-hardenhe/she/it will face-hardenwe will face-hardenyou will face-hardenthey will face-harden

Future Perfect	I will have face-hardenedyou will have face-hardenedhe/she/it will have face-hardenedwe will have face-hardenedyou will have face-hardenedthey will have face-hardened

Future Continuous	I will be face-hardeningyou will be face-hardeninghe/she/it will be face-hardeningwe will be face-hardeningyou will be face-hardeningthey will be face-hardening

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been face-hardeningyou have been face-hardeninghe/she/it has been face-hardeningwe have been face-hardeningyou have been face-hardeningthey have been face-hardening

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been face-hardeningyou will have been face-hardeninghe/she/it will have been face-hardeningwe will have been face-hardeningyou will have been face-hardeningthey will have been face-hardening

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been face-hardeningyou had been face-hardeninghe/she/it had been face-hardeningwe had been face-hardeningyou had been face-hardeningthey had been face-hardening

Conditional	I would face-hardenyou would face-hardenhe/she/it would face-hardenwe would face-hardenyou would face-hardenthey would face-harden

Past Conditional	I would have face-hardenedyou would have face-hardenedhe/she/it would have face-hardenedwe would have face-hardenedyou would have face-hardenedthey would have face-hardened

Thesaurus

Verb

1.face-harden - harden steel by adding carbonharden, indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"