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  Harden \Hard"en\ (h[aum]rd"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened
     (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hardening (-'n*[i^]ng).] [OE.
     hardnen, hardenen.]
     1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to
        indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
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     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.
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              I would harden myself in sorrow.      --Job vi. 10.
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  Hardening \Hard"en*ing\, n.
     1. Making hard or harder.
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     2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the
        surface of iron into steel.
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  Hardening \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.] [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.

  hardening
       n 1: abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
       2: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
          or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he
          tested the set of the glue" [syn: solidifying, solidification,
           set, curing]
       3: the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or
          more compact)

  hardening
     n.
     1 The process by which something hardens.
     2 That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the
  surface of iron into steel.
     vb.
     (present participle of en harden nocat=1)

  hardening
     n.
     1 The process by which something hardens.
     2 That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the
  surface of iron into steel.
     vb.
     (present participle of en harden nocat=1)

  hardening
     n.
     1 The process by which something hardens.
     2 That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the
  surface of iron into steel.
     vb.
     (present participle of en harden nocat=1)

  hardening
     n.
     1 The process by which something hardens.
     2 That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the
  surface of iron into steel.
     vb.
     (present participle of en harden nocat=1)

  hardening
     Englanti n.
     1 kovettaminen
     2 kovettuminen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm h arden ing)

  hardening
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en harden ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb harden)

  Hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  التصلّب

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  kalení

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/ 
  zpevňování

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/ 
  zpevnění

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/ 
  vytvrzování

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/ 
  tvrzení

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  Härten , Härtung  [techn.]
           Note: Metallurgie
        "case hardening by carburizing"  - Einsatzhärten, Einsatzhärtung, Härtung im Einsatzverfahren, Aufkohlungshärten
        "laser-beam hardening"  - Laserstrahlhärten, Laserstrahlhärtung
        "selelctive surface hardening"  - Randschichthärten, Randschichthärtung
   see: precipitation hardening, quench hardening, flame hardening, carburization, selective hardening, progressive hardening
  
           Note: metallurgy

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  Härten , Aushärten , Aushärtung 

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  Sklerose , Verhärtung , Verkalkung  [ugs.]  [med.]
           Note: von Geweben/Organen
     Synonym: sclerosis
  
   see: arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic vascular disease, vascular sclerosis, aortic sclerosis, bulbar sclerosis, otosclerosis, otospongiosis, sclerema, atrophic scarring of the cerebral convulsions, sclerogyria, neurosclerosis, inosclerosis, pyosclerosis, general sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Charcot's disease, Charcot's syndrome, Lou Gehrig's disease, Pllizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Baló's disease, concentric periaxial leucoencephalitis, demyelinating encephalopathy, medial ateriosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, polysclerosis, multilocular sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, diffuse sclerosis, cerebrospinal sclerosis, insular sclerosis, posterolateral sclerosis, Lichtheim's syndrome, Putnam-Dana syndrome, Madonna finger, systemic sclerosis, tuberous sclerosis, epiloia, Bourneville's disease
  
           Note: of tissues/organs

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  abbindend, aushärtend
     Synonyms: setting, setting hard
  
   see: set, harden, set hard, set, hardened, set hard
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  abhärtend, verhärtend
   see: harden, hardened, hardens, hardened
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  erhärtend, härtend
   see: harden, hardened
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  ertüchtigend, stählend
     Synonym: toughening
  
   see: toughen sth., harden sth., toughened, hardened, toughen your body, harden your will
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  härtend, stählend
   see: harden sth., hardened, hardens, hardened
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  hart werdend
   see: harden, hardened
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  sich versteifend
   see: harden, hardened
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  erhärtend
     Synonyms: becoming hardened, solidifying, congealing
  
   see: harden, become hardened, solidify, congeal, hardened, become hardened, solidified, congealed
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/
  Erhärtung 
     Synonyms: solidifying, induration, congealing, congelation
  

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/ 
  1. kovettaminen, kovettuminen
  process
  2. kovete
  that which hardens

  hardening /hɑːrdənıŋ/
  užgrūdinimas

  hardening /hˈɑːdənɪŋ/ 
  härdning
  process

  
/ˈhɑɹdənɪŋ/, /ˈhɑɹdnɪŋ/

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "hardening":
     abidingness, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation,
     accustoming, adaption, adjustment, agglutination, arteriosclerosis,
     atherosclerosis, breaking, breaking-in, calcification, callusing,
     case hardening, changelessness, clumping, clustering, compression,
     concentration, concretion, condensation, conditioning,
     consolidation, constancy, cornification, crystallization,
     densification, domestication, durability, durableness, duration,
     endurance, familiarization, firming, firmness, fixedness,
     fortification, fossilization, frozenness, granulation, habituation,
     hornification, housebreaking, immobility, immovability,
     immovableness, immutability, induration, indurative, inurement,
     invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, invigoration,
     lapidification, lastingness, lithification, long standing,
     naturalization, orientation, ossification, permanence, permanency,
     perpetualness, persistence, persistency, petrifaction,
     petrifactive, petrification, petrifying, quiescence, refreshment,
     reinforcement, reinvigoration, restrengthening, revivification,
     rigidity, sclerosis, seasoning, setting, solidification, solidity,
     stability, standing, stasis, steadfastness, steeling, stiffening,
     strengthening, taming, tempering, torpor, toughening, training,
     unchangeability, unchangingness, vitrifaction, vitrification
  
  

     n. 硬化;煅炼;淬火;硬化剂