harden
har
ˈhɑr
haar
den
dən
dēn
/hˈɑːdən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "harden"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase firmness or solidity of something
Transitive: to harden material
to harden definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sculptor applied a sealant to harden and protect the clay sculpture.
āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to increase in firmness or solidity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the clay sculpture hardened under the sculptor's skilled hands.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make accustomed or less sensitive to unfavorable conditions
Transitive: to harden sb/sth | to harden sb/sth to unfavorable conditions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The explorer 's expeditions into remote regions had hardened him to solitude and isolation.
āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone's attitude or feelings less sympathetic
Transitive: to harden sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's divisive rhetoric serves to harden the hearts of his supporters against those with differing political views.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϭ⧇āĻĻ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ã‚’æŒã¤āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤

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