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Meaning of harden

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  harden
      v 1: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [syn: {harden},
           {indurate}] [ant: {soften}]
      2: make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" [syn:
         {harden}, {indurate}] [ant: {soften}]
      3: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn:
         {temper}, {harden}]
      4: make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
         [syn: {season}, {harden}]
      5: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was
         inured to the cold" [syn: {inure}, {harden}, {indurate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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