hardening
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American soundhardening
hardening
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har - de - ning -> hardening
Myanmar meaning
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(က) မာကျောစေသည်။ ခက်ထန်စေသည်။ တင်းမာစေသည်။ မာကျောလာသည်။ ခက်ထန်လာသည်။ တင်းမာလာသည်။
The varnish takes a few hours to harden. ❍ He said nothing but I saw his face harden. ❍ Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides. ❍ The incident hardened his resolve to leave the company.
(ခ) (esp passive) အရေထူသည်။ ခံနိုင်ရည်ရှိသည်။ a hardened criminal (ie one who shows no regret for her or his crimes) ❍ For her own good, she must harden her heart (against him). ❍ He became hardened to the suffering around him.
❏ hardening n [U, sing]: hardening of the arteries ❍ a hardening of attitudes towards one-parent families.
More examples
- This additive hardens the cement in an hour.
- The bread will harden if you don’t cover it.
- [harden someone to something] : Years of reporting on wars hardened them to human suffering.
- His eyes hardened when he saw her.
- Forsyth appeared to have hardened his line on (=his attitude towards) Europe.
- She has hardening of the arteries.
- A hardening of opinion against the treaty
Synonyms
solidify, become firm, set, freeze, consolidate, become settled, coagulate, congeal, acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adjust, amalgamate, anneal, bake, blunt, brace, brutalize, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, callus, case-harden, cement, climatize, close, clot, coarsen, compact, conform, contract, crystallize, curdle, deaden, densify, develop, discipline, dry, dull, embitter, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, gird, habituate, indurate, inure, jell, make callous, nerve, numb, ossify, paralyze, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, render insensitive, roughen, season, settle, stabilize, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stun, stupefy, teach, temper, thicken, toughen, train, vitrify
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