Related Words for harden

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temper
/x
Noun, Verb
inure
x/
Verb, Verb
season
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
soften
/x
Verb, Verb
stiffen
/x
Verb
toughen
/x
Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
thicken
/x
Verb
solidify
x/xx
Verb
darken
/x
Verb
melt
/
Noun
harder
/x
Adjective
strengthen
/x
Verb
corrode
x/
Verb
loosen
/x
Verb
erode
x/
Verb
shrivel
/x
Verb
flatten
/x
Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
deform
x/
Verb
freeze
/
Noun
cools
/
Verb
pierce
/
Noun
allow
x/
Verb
crystallize
/xx
Verb
fortify
/xx
Verb
degrade
x/
Verb
crumble
/x
Verb
ripen
/x
Verb
blacken
/x
Verb
brittle
/x
Adjective
quicken
/x
Name
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
disintegrate
x/xx
Verb
shatter
/x
Noun
begin
x/
Verb
wilt
/
Noun
germinate
/xx
Verb
impel
x/
Verb
wither
/x
Verb
redden
/x
Noun
firmed
/
Verb
reshape
x/
Verb
intensify
x/xx
Verb
subside
x/
Verb
deepen
/x
Verb
widen
/x
Verb
gradually
/xxx
Adverb
develop
x/x
Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb
constrict
x/
Verb
grow
/
Verb
whiten
/x
Name
jell
/
Name
entrench
x/
Verb
fester
/x
Noun
stabilize
/xx
Verb
seep
/
Noun
continue
x/x
Verb
shrink
/
Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
protect
x/
Verb
hardness
/x
Noun
will
/
Noun
slacken
/x
Verb
softer
/x
Adjective
aggravate
/xx
Verb
evaporate
x/xx
Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
moisten
/x
Verb
easier
/xx
Adjective
insulate
/xx
Verb
percolate
/xx
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb
soothe
/
Verb
prolong
x/
Verb
straighten
/x
Verb
tougher
/x
Adjective
lengthen
/x
Verb
deflate
x/
Verb
temporarily
xx/xx
Adverb
saturate
/xx
Verb
hinder
/x
Verb
tends
/
Verb
mould
/
Noun
slowly
/x
Adverb
confine
x/
Verb
crack
/
Noun
nourish
/x
Verb
sooth
x
Noun
fail
/
Verb
worsen
/x
Verb
overheat
/xx
Verb
relent
x/
Verb
ready
/x
Adjective
displace
x/
Verb
dampen
/x
Verb
prepare
x/
Verb
suffocate
/xx
Verb
recede
x/
Verb
irritate
/xx
Verb
wane
/
Noun
linger
/x
Noun
inflame
x/
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
engulf
x/
Verb
stabilise
/xx
Verb
warms
/
Verb
tense
/
Noun
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
heat
/
Noun
bronze
/
Noun
fatten
/x
Verb
harrow
/x
Noun
chill
/
Noun
endure
x/
Verb
hardship
/x
Noun
harsh
/
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective
gentle
/x
Adjective
stretch
/
Noun
obdurate
/xx
Adjective
crisp
/
Noun
dry up
//
Phrase, Verb
nipples
/x
Noun
gelatin
/xx
Noun
agarose
/x/
Noun
gelatine
xx/
Noun
refrigerate
x/xx
Adverb
hearts
/
Noun
abraded
x/x
Verb, Adjective
albert
/x
Name
alloy
/x
Noun, Verb
annealed
x/
Verb, Adjective
anthony
/xx
Name
arnold
/x
Name
austenitic
/x/x
Adjective
austin
/x
Name, Adjective
baker
/x
Name
baldwin
/x
Name
barnes
/
Name
beck
/
Name, Verb
benjamin
/xx
Name
benton
/x
Name
bismarck
/x
Name
blair
/
Name
boone
/
Name
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
cake
/
Noun, Verb
callous
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
callus
/x
Noun, Verb
carpenter
/xx
Noun, Verb
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
collier
/x
Name
elliott
/xx
Name
galvanized
/xx
Adjective
gel
/
Noun, Verb
hickey
/x
Name
kiln
/
Noun, Verb
lapped
/
Adjective
machined
x/
Adjective
morgan
/x
Name
oven
/x
Noun, Verb
quenched
/
Adjective
reinforce
xx/
Verb
resisting
x/x
Noun
rolled
/
Adjective
ross
/
Name, Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sintered
/x
Adjective
stainless
/x
Adjective, Noun
steel
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stein
/
Name
uncoated
x/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun