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harden Значение & определение

0 to become or make hard:
- The mixture hardens as it cools.
- It is thought that high cholesterol levels in the blood can harden the arteries (= make them thicker and stiffer, causing disease).
1 to become more severe, determined, or unpleasant:
- Living in the desert hardened the recruits (= made them more strong and determined).
- As the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened (= became more severe and determined).
2 to make or become stronger or more severe:
- [ I ] As the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened.
3 to become firm or solid, or to cause something to become firm or solid:
- [ I ] In a few hours the cement will harden.
4 if prices or share prices harden, they increase:
- If the oil price hardens this week and remains high, there will be some effect on fuel prices by the end of this week.
- The pharmaceuticals company hardened 33p at £26.07 on speculation of predatory interest from a Swiss firm.

An ultraviolet laser "paints" the object as a series of horizontal layers, exposing the liquid in the tank and hardening it.
The real social problem becomes identified then not as the criminal simpliciter but as the ' hardened ' or ' real ' criminal.
All plants were hardened off in direct sunlight 24 h prior to use.
Green oak is extremely durable and hardens over time while the cedar is soft with a surface which can be scored with a finger nail.
The hardening relation identifies the subprocesses of a process that may participate in a computation step.
Robots could be hardened to withstand these conditions and could even be considered to be disposable if they became too contaminated.
As theological divides hardened in the second half of the sixteenth century, it became even more difficult to occupy a middle ground between the confessions.
Low-temperature plastic deformation of the veins, without significant recovery, will also result in work hardening leading ultimately to fracture.