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| Main Entry: |
harden
[hahr-dn]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | anneal, bake, braze, cement, chill, congeal, dry, indurate, mold, petrify, set, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, toughen, toughen up |
| Antonyms: | bend, flex, soften |
| Main Entry: | wash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bathe, clean |
| Synonyms: | bath, brush up, bubble, clean up, cleanse, dip, do the dishes, do the laundry, douse, drench, float, fresh up, freshen up, hose, imbue, immerse, lap, launder, lave, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shampoo, shine, shower, slosh, soak, soap, sponge, starch, swab, take a bath, take a shower, tub, wash up, wet, wipe |
| Antonyms: | dirty |
| Main Entry: | indurate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, caseharden, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, concrete, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix*, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, season, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash |
| Synonyms: | bath, bathe, brush up, bubble*, clean up, cleanse, dip, do the dishes, do the laundry, douse, drench, float*, fresh up, freshen up, hose, imbue, immerse, lap, launder, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shampoo, shine*, shower, slosh, soak, soap, sponge, starch, swab, take a bath, take a shower, tub, wash up, wet, wipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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