hardening

Meanings

Plural: hardenings

Noun

• abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
  • "the hardening of concrete"
• the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
• The process by which something hardens.
• Something which hardens.

Verb

• become hard or harder
• make hard or harder
• harden by reheating and cooling in oil
• make fit
• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
• present participle and gerund of harden

Synonyms

curing, harden, indurate, inure, season, set, solidification, solidifying, temper

Antonyms

soften