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| hardening | |
| 1. n. The process by which something hardens. |  |
| 2. n. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel. | |
| harden | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure). | |
| 2. v. (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure). | |
| 3. v. (transitive, figurative) To strengthen. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks. | |
| 5. v. (ambitransitive, dated) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive. | |
| 6. v. (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis. | |
| 7. n. alt form, hurden, , coarse linen | |
