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Showing words for HARDEN using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Harden

hander, harden

5 Letter Words for Harden

andre, arend, dearn, denar, derah, hared, heard, henad, rahed, redan, rheda

4 Letter Words for Harden

aden, ahed, anre, ared, aren, daer, dane, dare, darn, dean, dear, dern, dhan, eard, earn, hade, haen, hand, hard, hare, harn, head, hear, hend, hera, herd, hern, nard, nare, near, nerd, rade, rand, rane, read, rean, rend, rhea

3 Letter Words for Harden

ade, adh, aer, and, ane, ard, are, arn, dae, dah, dan, dar, dea, den, der, dha, dna, ead, ean, ear, edh, end, era, erd, ern, had, hae, han, hed, hen, her, nad, nae, nah, nar, nea, ned, rad, rah, ran, rea, red, reh, rha, rhd, rhe, rna, rnd

Definitions for Harden

[1] to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
[2] to make pitiless or unfeeling: to harden one's heart.
[3] to make rigid or unyielding; stiffen: The rigors of poverty hardened his personality.
[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.
[7] to become hard or harder.
[8] to become pitiless or unfeeling.
[9] to become rigid or unyielding; stiffen: His personality hardened over the years.
[10] to become confirmed or strengthened: His resistance hardened.
[11] to become inured or toughened: The troops hardened under constant fire.
[12] Commerce . (of a market, prices, etc.) to cease to fluctuate; firm: When the speculators withdrew from the market, the prices hardened. to rise higher.
[13] Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
[14] to make or become hard or harder; freeze, stiffen, or set
[15] to make or become more hardy, tough, or unfeeling
[16] to make or become stronger or firmer they hardened defences
[17] to make or become more resolute or set hardened in his resolve
[18] (intr) commerce (of prices, a market, etc) to cease to fluctuate (of price) to rise higher
[19] a rough fabric made from hards

Words related to Harden

consolidate, nerve, set, buttress, thicken, strengthen, stiffen, freeze, amalgamate, reinforce, fortify, close, toughen, petrify, jell, compact, bake, fix, callous, ossify

Words nearby Harden

hardboot, hardbound, hardcore, hardcover, hardecanute, harden, harden off, harden one's heart, harden up, hardenberg, hardenbergia

Origin of Harden

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

Other words from Harden

hard·en·a·ble , adjective
hard·en·a·bil·i·ty , noun
o·ver·hard·en , verb
pre·hard·en , verb (used with object)
re·hard·en , verb
un·hard·en , verb (used with object)
un·hard·en·a·ble , adjective

Synonyms for Harden

amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify, densify