āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to harden
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž
to increase firmness or solidity of something
Transitive: to harden material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sculptor applied a sealant to harden and protect the clay sculpture.
āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϞā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to increase in firmness or solidity
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the clay sculpture hardened under the sculptor's skilled hands.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§, āĻŽā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĻāĻā§āώ āĻšāĻžāϤā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make accustomed or less sensitive to unfavorable conditions
Transitive: to harden sb/sth | to harden sb/sth to unfavorable conditions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The explorer 's expeditions into remote regions had hardened him to solitude and isolation.
āĻ
āύā§āĻŦā§āώāĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻšāĻžāύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to make someone's attitude or feelings less sympathetic
Transitive: to harden sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's divisive rhetoric serves to harden the hearts of his supporters against those with differing political views.
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻĻ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšā§āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤãæã¤āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
hardened
hardening
harden
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