vverb.changebecome hard or harderSynset:harden indurate
Antonyms:soften
Derivationally Related Form:hardeninginduration
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:hardenchange
Direct Hyponyms:calcifycalluscureencrustincrust
Full Troponyms:calcifycalluscureeffloresceencrust
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changemake hard or harderSynset:harden indurate
Examples:- The cold hardened the butter
Antonyms:soften
Derivationally Related Form:hardeninginduration
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:hardenchange
Direct Hyponyms:annealcallusface-hardennormalizetemper
Causes:harden indurate
Full Troponyms:annealcallusface-harden
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changeharden by reheating and cooling in oilSynset:harden temper
Derivationally Related Form:temperancetemperingtemper
Hypernyms:modify
Inherited Hypernyms:tempermodifychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake fitSynset:harden season
Examples:- This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
Hypernyms:toughen
Inherited Hypernyms:seasontoughenstrengthenchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.changecause to accept or become hardened to; habituateSynset:harden indurate inure
Examples:- He was inured to the cold
Hypernyms:accustom habituate
Inherited Hypernyms:inurehabituatechange
Direct Hyponyms:brace oneself forcallouscauterisecauterizeprepare forsteel oneself againststeel onself for
Full Troponyms:calloussteel oneself against
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP
adj satadj.allused of persons; emotionally hardenedSynset:case-hardened hard-boiled
Examples:- faced a case-hardened judge
Antonyms:soft
Inherited Hypernyms:case-hardened
Similar to:hard
adjadj.allmade hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatmentSynset:tempered toughened treated
Examples:- a sword of tempered steel
- tempered glass
Antonyms:untempered
Inherited Hypernyms:tempered
Similar to:curable sunbaked
adjadj.allprotected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)Antonyms:soft
Inherited Hypernyms:hardened
adj satadj.allmade tough by habitual exposureSynset:enured inured
Examples:- hardened fishermen
- a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured - Robert Lynd
- our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men - V.S.Pritchett
Antonyms:tender
Inherited Hypernyms:enured
Similar to:tough toughened
adj satadj.allconverted to solid form (as concrete)Synset:set
Antonyms:soft
Inherited Hypernyms:hardened
Similar to:hard