Dictionary definition · harden
verb
- become hard or harder"The wax hardened"
- make hard or harder"The cold hardened the butter"
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil"temper steel"
- make healthy"This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate"He was inured to the cold"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).