Definitions for hardens

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hardens hard·en

Spelling: [hahr-dn]

IPA: /ˈhɑr dn/

Hardens is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in hardens (adehnrs).

Definitions for hardens

noun

1. Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.

verb (used with object)

1. to make hard or harder:
2. to make pitiless or unfeeling:
3. to make rigid or unyielding; stiffen:
4. to strengthen or confirm, especially with reference to character, intentions, feelings, etc.; reinforce.
5. to make hardy, robust, or capable of endurance; toughen.
6. Military. to reinforce the structure of (a military or strategic installation) to protect it from nuclear bombardment.

verb (used without object)

1. to become hard or harder.
2. to become pitiless or unfeeling.
3. to become rigid or unyielding; stiffen:
4. to become confirmed or strengthened:
5. to become inured or toughened:
6. Commerce. to cease to fluctuate; firm: to rise higher.

Origin of hardens

Middle English word dating back to 1150-1200; See origin at hard, -en¹

Examples for hardens

harden apparently found this lecture so unbearable that he skipped out halfway through.

These are the sorts of scenes that harden lads, and make them fond of risks.

Afterwards put them into a large dish, and set them in the sun to harden.

harden and former SNL star Michaela Watkins mine nuanced brilliance out of what could easily be ex-wife clichés.

What, my dear Cunningham, is there in riches, that they narrow and harden the heart so?

Elsewhere, outside cash may have served only to harden voters' partisan allegiances.

I don't want you to be amongst bad men, who will harden your heart.

Fallon: This cast is so stacked with talent—Whitford, harden, Watkins—that I expected Akerman to drown here.

Let me advise you, not to harden your mind; nor take up your resolution beforehand.

In the meantime, expect attitudes to harden—and the country to remain at impasse.