Hardening
noun
The process of becoming firm or solid.
The concrete takes a few hours of hardening before it's ready for use.
Often appears as...
- concrete hardening
- soil hardening
verb
To make or becoming unfeeling, unsympathetic, or tough.
Years of hardship had hardened his heart.
Often appears as...
- harden your heart
- harden yourself
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Disapproving
noun
The process of making a material, usually metal, harder by heat treatment.
Steel hardening is an essential process in manufacturing.
Often appears as...
- steel hardening
- heat hardening
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Technical
verb
To make or become more determined, resolute, or inflexible.
They hardened their stance on the issue after the public backlash.
Often appears as...
- harden stance
- harden position
noun
The process of making software or a computer system more secure from attack.
Proper system hardening can help protect against cyber attacks.
Often appears as...
- system hardening
- software hardening
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Technical
noun
The process of becoming firm or solid.
The concrete takes a few hours of hardening before it's ready for use.
Often appears as...
- concrete hardening
- soil hardening
verb
To make or becoming unfeeling, unsympathetic, or tough.
Years of hardship had hardened his heart.
Often appears as...
- harden your heart
- harden yourself
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The process of making a material, usually metal, harder by heat treatment.
Steel hardening is an essential process in manufacturing.
Often appears as...
- steel hardening
- heat hardening
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make or become more determined, resolute, or inflexible.
They hardened their stance on the issue after the public backlash.
Often appears as...
- harden stance
- harden position
noun
The process of making software or a computer system more secure from attack.
Proper system hardening can help protect against cyber attacks.
Often appears as...
- system hardening
- software hardening
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Transformation
Hardening implies a change from flexible to rigid, often in a literal, physical sense.
The hardening of wet clay creates a solid ceramic vase.
Pro Tip 2/2Irreversible Change
The process of hardening is generally one-way, meaning the material doesn't easily return to its original state.
Glass is formed through the hardening of melted sand.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Transformation
Hardening implies a change from flexible to rigid, often in a literal, physical sense.
The hardening of wet clay creates a solid ceramic vase.
Pro Tip 2/2Irreversible Change
The process of hardening is generally one-way, meaning the material doesn't easily return to its original state.
Glass is formed through the hardening of melted sand.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Transformation
Hardening implies a change from flexible to rigid, often in a literal, physical sense.
The hardening of wet clay creates a solid ceramic vase.
Pro Tip 2/2Irreversible Change
The process of hardening is generally one-way, meaning the material doesn't easily return to its original state.
Glass is formed through the hardening of melted sand.
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What does the pancreas...
If it's weakened by disease, the organ's ability to produce insulin may be reduced, or even extinguished, which can trigger the condition known as diabetes. Without regular insulin release, sugar steadily builds up in the blood, eventually hardening the blood vessels and causing heart attacks, kidney failure, and strokes.
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What if cracks in...
Concrete is a combination of coarse stone and sand particles, called aggregates, that mix with cement, a powdered blend of clay and limestone. When water gets added to this mix, the cement forms a paste and coats the aggregates, quickly hardening through a chemical reaction called hydration.
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Selling Survival:...
bunker have you ever seen a square egg have you ever seen a square pipeline the geometry of a round shelter is just just by shape is 11 times stronger than square this shelter alone could be buried 42 feet deep without any hardening this one can be buried you can
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Christien Meindertsma:...
And to show you how often you actually meet part of this pig in a regular day, I want to show you some images of the book. You probably start the day with a shower. So, in soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent,
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
no wonder they call it namibia namibian place of know people it's the oldest desert in the world it's a land of ancient rock that spilled out of the earth over the ages hardening to become the backbone of a country that is the
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Ivan Oransky: Are we...
we hear about pre-anxiety, and I'm pretty sure that I diagnosed myself with that in the green room. We also refer to subclinical conditions. There's subclinical atherosclerosis, subclinical hardening of the arteries,
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
and looked down to find her own skin hardening. They embraced, becoming rooted in place. Vines wound around their legs and canopies flourished overhead. They bid each other a loving, last farewell as humans.
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Harnessing the Power of...
impressive amount it's it's sort of like concrete that's hardening there's just not as much magma as would be needed to generate one of these massive explosions mike says the yellowstone caldera might
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Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
urban conservative versus liberal we can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts if we show a little tolerance and humility and if we're willing to stand in the
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Filming Galapagos Giant...
the mothers pee on the top to help this hardening to sort of crust
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What does the pancreas...
If it's weakened by disease, the organ's ability to produce insulin may be reduced, or even extinguished, which can trigger the condition known as diabetes. Without regular insulin release, sugar steadily builds up in the blood, eventually hardening the blood vessels and causing heart attacks, kidney failure, and strokes.
Video examples
What if cracks in...
Concrete is a combination of coarse stone and sand particles, called aggregates, that mix with cement, a powdered blend of clay and limestone. When water gets added to this mix, the cement forms a paste and coats the aggregates, quickly hardening through a chemical reaction called hydration.
Video examples
Selling Survival:...
bunker have you ever seen a square egg have you ever seen a square pipeline the geometry of a round shelter is just just by shape is 11 times stronger than square this shelter alone could be buried 42 feet deep without any hardening this one can be buried you can
Video examples
Christien Meindertsma:...
And to show you how often you actually meet part of this pig in a regular day, I want to show you some images of the book. You probably start the day with a shower. So, in soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent,
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
no wonder they call it namibia namibian place of know people it's the oldest desert in the world it's a land of ancient rock that spilled out of the earth over the ages hardening to become the backbone of a country that is the
Video examples
Ivan Oransky: Are we...
we hear about pre-anxiety, and I'm pretty sure that I diagnosed myself with that in the green room. We also refer to subclinical conditions. There's subclinical atherosclerosis, subclinical hardening of the arteries,
Video examples
The myth of Zeus' test -...
and looked down to find her own skin hardening. They embraced, becoming rooted in place. Vines wound around their legs and canopies flourished overhead. They bid each other a loving, last farewell as humans.
Video examples
Harnessing the Power of...
impressive amount it's it's sort of like concrete that's hardening there's just not as much magma as would be needed to generate one of these massive explosions mike says the yellowstone caldera might
Video examples
Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
urban conservative versus liberal we can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts if we show a little tolerance and humility and if we're willing to stand in the
Video examples
Filming Galapagos Giant...
the mothers pee on the top to help this hardening to sort of crust
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Nancy Meyers
American Director
There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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Saint Bernard
Saint
Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?
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Richard Ashcroft
English Musician
I was always going to be vulnerable when I left the Verve. It was a hardening experience for me. People saw me stripped down and decided to have their shot. I suppose they wanted to take me down a peg.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
You must learn to perceive as your self that which lies outside you. Looking only within oneself leads to a hardening in oneself, to a higher egotism.
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Frankie Valli
American Musician
In 1967, I found out I was losing my hearing. I went 10 years without any help. I had otosclerosis - hardening of the bone in the middle of the ear.
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Layne Staley
American Musician
I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.
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James Thurber
American Author
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Christien Meindertsma
Dutch Artist
In soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl-like effect.
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John Owen
English Theologian
The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.
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Nancy Meyers
American Director
There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
Quote examples
Saint Bernard
Saint
Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?
Quote examples
Richard Ashcroft
English Musician
I was always going to be vulnerable when I left the Verve. It was a hardening experience for me. People saw me stripped down and decided to have their shot. I suppose they wanted to take me down a peg.
Quote examples
Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.
Quote examples
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
You must learn to perceive as your self that which lies outside you. Looking only within oneself leads to a hardening in oneself, to a higher egotism.
Quote examples
Frankie Valli
American Musician
In 1967, I found out I was losing my hearing. I went 10 years without any help. I had otosclerosis - hardening of the bone in the middle of the ear.
Quote examples
Layne Staley
American Musician
I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.
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James Thurber
American Author
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Christien Meindertsma
Dutch Artist
In soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl-like effect.
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John Owen
English Theologian
The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.
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