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Meanings of harden in English

Portuguese
induração
Catalan
avesar

Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate.

induração
Portuguese
temperar
Catalan
endurir

Harden by reheating and cooling in oil.

temperar
Catalan
enfortir
Spanish
preparar

Make fit.

enfortir
Synonyms
Examples for "season"
Examples for "season"
1
Another season of Braxton Family Values is looking really good right now.
Ebony
2
There's one major exception to this sea change, though: the holiday season.
Wired
3
Especially now, with a new season and a new school year approaching.
Reuters
4
Cricket Australia: Good news then, this season will be two weeks longer.
News.com.au
5
For example, the fighting season began without a new Afghan defense minister.
Reuters
Usage of harden in English
1
If today we hear his voice let us not harden our hearts.
The Irish Times
2
The eyes seemed to harden and narrow the least in the world.
The Highgrader
3
If today we hear His voice we will not harden our hearts.
The Irish Times
4
Even two centuries hadn't managed to harden that far too tender heart.
Darkness revealed
5
Pour in the remainder of the jelly and set away to harden.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
6
They would either learn, and harden, or they would be left behind.
The street philosopher
7
The points should be slightly charred in the fire to harden them.
Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarn...
8
And it will harden our resolve, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown added.
Wired
9
They'd taken almost no precautions to harden themselves as a potential target.
The Guardian
10
It can harden resolve and, properly channelled, become a productive energy source.
The Irish Times
11
Players taking new roles to prolong a career, or harden a team.
The Irish Times
12
His merry face seemed to lengthen in feature, to harden in line.
Flamsted quarries
13
Then take them out, and set them in the sun to harden.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
14
It will harden us for what may be in front of us.
Under the Rebel's Reign
15
He set his model on the window sill to dry and harden.
Salem’s Lot
16
To harden them thoroughly, institutions work in the same groove as nature.
The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote
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Translations for harden
Harden through the time
Harden across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common