harden

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become hard.
2. (ergative, transitive) To make something hard or harder.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To strengthen.
4. (transitive) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
5. (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
6. (informal, intransitive) To get an erection.
7. (ambitransitive) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
8. To unpalatalize or velarize.

Noun

Alternative form of hurden (“coarse linen”).

Concetti

indurire

indurirsi

temprare

fortificare

irrigidire

fare indurire

rafforzare

induriamo

rendere insensibile

stabilizzare

temperare

tonificare

rafforzarsi

pietrificarsi

rendere teso

diventare come pietra

indurirsi come la pietra

dare animo

dare forza

farsi forte

congelarsi

irrigidir

stringere

addolcire

assodarsi

consolidare

irrigidirsi

irrobustire

pietrificare

rassodare

sinonimi

become hard

temper

solidify

toughen

indurate

petrify

stiffen

strengthen

season

set

congeal

inure

coarsen

tighten

turn to stone

steel

firm

concrete

cake

🍰

fortify

consolidate

callous

become rough

make hard

condense

firm up

thicken

roughen

sclerosis

petrified

clot

freeze

dehydrate

gel

chap

cure

ossify

dry

fossilize

hard

preserve

curdle

crystallize

case-harden

create

contract

become numb

congealed

calcify

forge

Traduzioni

durcir

härten

endurecer

endurecer

stalen

harden

verhärten

abhärten

temperen

endurcir

hart werden

endurir

endurecerse

verharden

tremper

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹdn̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: hardenen

Affine danese: hærdne

Affine svedese: hårdna

Affine norvegese: herdne

Affine islandese: harðna

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”).