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- pronunciation:
- har
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
hardens, hardening, hardened |
| definition 1: |
When you harden something, you make it hard. When something is hard, it does not flow and it cannot bend easily without breaking.
She hardened the clay bowl by baking it at a very high temperature.- antonyms:
- soften
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| definition 2: |
When something hardens, it becomes hard or harder. Liquid candle wax will harden when it becomes cool.
The glue is soft at first, but it will harden.- antonyms:
- soften
- similar words:
- set
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| related words: |
cake, condition |
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