hardening
verb
Meaning
- To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
- To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
- To strengthen.
- To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- To become or make (a consonant) more fortis.
- The process by which something hardens.
- That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
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