HARDENING

hardening

(noun) the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)

hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing

(noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; “the hardening of concrete”; “he tested the set of the glue”

hardening

(noun) abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

hardening

present participle of harden

Noun

hardening (plural hardenings)

The process by which something hardens.

That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Source: Wiktionary

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Hard"en*ing, n.

1. Making hard or harder.

2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

HARDEN

Hard"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hardening.] Etym: [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]

1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." Ps. xcv. 8. I would harden myself in sorrow. Job vi. 10.

Hard"en, v. i.

1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying. The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has hardened into tradition. The Century.

2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense. They, hardened more by what might most reclaim. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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