hardening

English Thesaurus

1. the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	change of integrity,
definition	:	the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	annealing, tempering,
definition	:	hardening something by heat treatment (noun.act)

2. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization (noun.process)

hypernym	:	action, activity, natural action, natural process,
definition	:	a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) (noun.process)

hyponym	:	congealment, congelation,
definition	:	the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing (noun.process)

part meronym	:	plastination,
definition	:	a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened (noun.process)

3. abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue (noun.state)

hypernym	:	symptom,
definition	:	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state)

hyponym	:	callosity, callus,
definition	:	an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) (noun.state)

hyponym	:	calcification,
definition	:	tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts (noun.state)

4. the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) (noun.act)

derivation	:	harden, indurate,
definition	:	make hard or harder (verb.change)

5. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization (noun.process)

derivation	:	congeal, jell, set,
definition	:	become gelatinous (verb.change)

derivation	:	harden, indurate,
definition	:	become hard or harder (verb.change)

derivation	:	solidify,
definition	:	become solid (verb.change)

derivation	:	solidify,
definition	:	make solid or more solid; cause to solidify (verb.change)

derivation	:	cure,
definition	:	prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (verb.change)

6. the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) (noun.act)

derivation	:	harden, indurate,
definition	:	make hard or harder (verb.change)

7. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization (noun.process)

derivation	:	congeal, jell, set,
definition	:	become gelatinous (verb.change)

derivation	:	harden, indurate,
definition	:	become hard or harder (verb.change)

derivation	:	solidify,
definition	:	become solid (verb.change)

derivation	:	solidify,
definition	:	make solid or more solid; cause to solidify (verb.change)

derivation	:	cure,
definition	:	prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (verb.change)