harden

CEFRB2

/ˈhɑɹdn̩/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To become or make something firm or solid.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To make something hard or harder.

Examples

  • Brother men who live after us, Harden not your hearts against us.

  • Yanni waited for the resin to harden.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To strengthen.

  2. To become hard.

  3. To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.

More examples

In context

  • When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

  • The Chief Medical Officer of London Transport believes that public opinion against smoking will harden to the point of a total bar on the Underground, as in other countries.

  • In view of the system's relatively low cost, the preferred alternative could be for the military user to avail himself of multiple base stations rather than seeking to harden the base station hardware for defense applications.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English hardenen, equivalent to hard + -en. Cognate with Danish hærdne (“to harden; cure”), Swedish hårdna (“to harden”), Norwegian herdne (“to harden”), Icelandic harðna (“to harden”).