harden
Significado (English)
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- To become hard.
- To make something hard or harder.
- To strengthen.
- To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (informal) To get an erection.
- To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
- To unpalatalize or velarize.
Synonyms
become hard
turn to stone
become rough
make hard
more acute
turn into stone
become hardened
become stiff
become firm
become certain
heat-treat
be set
make compact
make strong
become callous
make stiff
become angry
become numb
case-harden
harding
Frecuencia
Con guión como
hard‧en
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈhɑɹdn̩/
Etimoloxía (English)
In summary
From Middle English hardenen, equivalent to hard + -en. Cognate with Danish hærdne (“to harden; cure”), Swedish hårdna (“to harden”), Norwegian herdne (“to harden”), Icelandic harðna (“to harden”).
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