TOUGHEN

toughen

(verb) make tough or tougher; “This experience will toughen her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

toughen (third-person singular simple present toughens, present participle toughening, simple past and past participle toughened)

(transitive) To make tough.

(intransitive) To become tough.

Anagrams

• oughten

Source: Wiktionary


Tough"en, v. i.&t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr. & vb. n. Toughening.]

Definition: To grow or make tough, or tougher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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