Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of becoming hard or harder.
- noun Something that hardens, as a substance added to iron to yield steel.
- noun Gradual exposure of plants to cold weather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Making hard or harder.
- noun That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
harden . - noun The process by which something
hardens . - noun That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of
iron intosteel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- noun abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
- noun the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
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Examples
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“It would not be important, even with its location unusual,” she replied, her expression hardening in a manner that made Fandral frown and the other druids stir, “if Elune herself had not revealed to me the dread truth.”
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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“It would not be important, even with its location unusual,” she replied, her expression hardening in a manner that made Fandral frown and the other druids stir, “if Elune herself had not revealed to me the dread truth.”
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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“It would not be important, even with its location unusual,” she replied, her expression hardening in a manner that made Fandral frown and the other druids stir, “if Elune herself had not revealed to me the dread truth.”
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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He focused on it, his expression hardening as he recognized what it was.
THE SUNDERING RICHARD A. KNAAK 2005
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And then, with his expression hardening, he turns to the other agenda, the real one, the one the Brotherhood has nursed along since 1928--including a long period of of ideological alliance with the Nazis--the agenda that its Palestinian branch is applying in Gaza.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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And then, with his expression hardening, he turns to the other agenda, the real one, the one the Brotherhood has nursed along since 1928--including a long period of of ideological alliance with the Nazis--the agenda that its Palestinian branch is applying in Gaza.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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“I did,” Donatra said, her expression hardening, “but my largesse was rebuffed.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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And then, with his expression hardening, he turns to the other agenda, the real one, the one the Brotherhood has nursed along since 1928--including a long period of of ideological alliance with the Nazis--the agenda that its Palestinian branch is applying in Gaza.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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“I did,” Donatra said, her expression hardening, “but my largesse was rebuffed.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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“I did,” Donatra said, her expression hardening, “but my largesse was rebuffed.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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