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harden - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" |
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indurate |
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soften become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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encrust,
incrust form a crust or a hard layer
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callus form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
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calcify convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
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cure prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
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harden - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" |
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indurate |
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soften become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
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harden,
indurate become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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face-harden harden steel by adding carbon
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callus form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
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anneal,
normalize,
temper bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
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harden,
indurate become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
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