| Main Entry: | harden |
| 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: | ossify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become hard from aging |
Synonyms: |
congeal, fossilize, freeze, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify, stiffen, thicken, turn to bone |
Antonyms: |
melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | petrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make hard |
Synonyms: |
calcify, clarify, fossilize, harden, lapidify, mineralize, set, solidify, turn to stone |
Antonyms: |
melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | shrivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dehydrate, dry up |
Synonyms: |
burn, contract, desiccate, dwindle, fossilize, mummify, mummy, parch, scorch, sear, shrink, stale, welter, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, expand, grow, unwrinkle |
| 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 |