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to become physically firm or solid<waited for the bubbly caramel-and-nut sauce to cool and harden into peanut brittle>Synonymsconcrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, set, solidifyRelated Wordscake, callus, encrust (also incrust); coagulate, clot, gel, jell, jelly, stiffen, thicken; calcify, crystallize, ossify, petrify; anneal, case harden, temperNear Antonymsdeliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, smelt, thawAntonymssoften
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to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure<pioneer women who had been hardened by years of living on the plains>Synonymsfortify, inure, season, steel, strengthen, toughenRelated Wordsacclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust; anneal, temper; invigorate, vitalize; immunize; bolster, boost, brace, buttress, forearm, prop (up), reinforce, support; break in, limber (up), train; accustom, condition, habituate, naturalizeNear Antonymsemasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, weaken; cripple, debilitate, incapacitate; sensitizeAntonymssoften
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to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force<arm muscles that were hardened by all the years of casting and hauling his fishing nets>— see strengthen 1
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