harden
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become hard or harder
The wax hardened
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- soften antonym
- solidifying derivation
- sclerosis derivation
- harden verb group
Sense 2 verb
make hard or harder
The cold hardened the butter
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- face-harden hyponym
- callus hyponym
- temper hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
temper steel
Types & categories
- modify hypernym
Related & opposite
- temperance derivation
- annealing derivation
- toughness derivation
Sense 4 verb
make fit
This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
Types & categories
- toughen hypernym
Sense 5 verb
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
He was inured to the cold
Types & categories
- accustom hypernym
- callous hyponym
- steel oneself against hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | soften |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | solidifying |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sclerosis |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | harden |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | encrust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | callus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cure |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | soften |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | harden |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hardening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sclerosis |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | harden |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | face-harden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | callus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | temper |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | annealing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | toughness |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | modify |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | toughen |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | accustom |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | callous |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | steel oneself against |