harden

(verb)

verb

1. become hard or harder

- The wax hardened

Similar word(s): indurate

Definition categories: change

2. make hard or harder

- The cold hardened the butter

Similar word(s): indurate

Definition categories: change

3. harden by reheating and cooling in oil

Similar word(s): temper

Definition categories: change, modify

4. make fit

Similar word(s): season

Definition categories: change, toughen

5. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Similar word(s): indurate, inure

Definition categories: change, accustom, habituate

Sentences with harden as a verb:

- 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