The meaning of Harden

verb

Heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses and toughen it.

Usage examples:

Copper tubes must be annealed after bending or they will be brittle

verb

To make metal or glass soft by heating and then cooling it slowly

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

A dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven.

Usage examples:

A vegetable bake

noun

A person's mouth.

Usage examples:

Shut your bake!

noun

An item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.

Usage examples:

A delicious cake smothered with whipped cream

verb

(of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object).

Usage examples:

His clothes were caked in mud

noun

A thick mass of coagulated liquid, especially blood, or of material stuck together.

Usage examples:

A blood clot

verb

Form or cause to form clots.

Usage examples:

Drugs that help blood to clot

verb

(of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semi-solid state.

Usage examples:

Blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash

verb

(of a liquid) to become or cause to become thicker so that it will not flow

Usage examples:

[ i ] when making cheese, enzymes are added to make the milk coagulate.

verb

Become semi-solid, especially on cooling.

Usage examples:

The blood had congealed into blobs

verb

To change from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state

Usage examples:

The grease in the frying pan congealed as it cooled.

verb

Form or cause to form crystals.

Usage examples:

When most liquids freeze they crystallize

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

noun

An act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.

Usage examples:

Workers faced a pay freeze

verb

To become cold enough to become solid

Usage examples:

[ i ] the rainwater froze overnight, leaving the roads icy., [ i ] freeze! keep your hands up!, [ t…

verb

Make or become gelatinous.

Usage examples:

Water gelatinizes the granules

verb

Harden.

Usage examples:

These sedimentary deposits, under the weight of the upper beds, would quickly indurate

verb

Thicken or congeal.

Usage examples:

Whatever tends to inspissate sap has the property of causing flower buds to be produced

verb

Turn into bone or bony tissue.

Usage examples:

These tracheal cartilages may ossify

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Usage examples:

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…

verb

Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material.

Usage examples:

The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork

Strengthen and support

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

verb

Make or become hard or solid.

Usage examples:

The magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals

verb

To make something firm, or to become firm

Usage examples:

[ t ] a chemical reaction solidifies the resin., [ i ] lava solidifies as it cools., [ t ] the play…

verb

Make or become stiff or rigid.

Usage examples:

He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling

verb

Make rigid or more rigid

verb

To become or make something firm or more difficult to bend

Usage examples:

[ t ] to paint on linen, you first have to stiffen the fabric with a glue mixture., [ i ] his back …

verb

Make or become stronger.

Usage examples:

He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb

To become more effective, or to make something more effective

Usage examples:

[ t ] somehow his illness strengthened their marriage and brought them closer together., [ t ] pare…

verb

To make something more effective or powerful

Usage examples:

A discussion paper aiming to strengthen the eu's competition regime has been circulated amongst com…

verb

Make or become thick or thicker.

Usage examples:

Thicken the sauce with flour

verb

To cause to become thicker

Usage examples:

Thicken the gravy with a little flour.

verb

Harden (rubber or a similar material) by treating it with sulphur at a high temperature.

Usage examples:

The development of a method for fixing vulcanized rubber firmly on to mild steel