Case-harden
11case — 1. n. 1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of a person receiving professional guidance, e.g. from a doctor or social worker. b this person or the circumstances involved. 4 a matter… …
12harden — verb 1) this glue will harden in four hours Syn: solidify, set, congeal, clot, coagulate, stiffen, thicken, cake, cure, inspissate; freeze, crystallize; ossify, calcify, petrify Ant …
13harden — Synonyms and related words: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, anneal, be tough, beef up, brace, brace up, break, break in, brutalize, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, case harden, caseharden, compact, concrete,… …
14harden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. anneal, fire; steel; congeal, thicken (see hardness); accustom, inure, blunt. See habit, insensibility. Ant., soften. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less pervious] Syn. steel, temper, anneal, solidify …
15harden — [1] The action of turning from a liquid to a solid. [2] To set or to cure. [3] The action of making the surface a metal tougher. See case harden …
16case-hardened — adjective see case harden …
17case-hardened — adjective made callous or tough by experience. → case harden …
18case|hard|en — «KAYS HAHR duhn», transitive verb. 1. to harden (iron or steel) on the surface. 2. Figurative. to make callous or unfeeling: »At spring training he even had the casehardened and unimpressionable baseball writers babbling most incoherently (New… …
19face-harden — verb harden steel by adding carbon • Hypernyms: ↑harden, ↑indurate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to harden the face or surface of * * * /fays hahr dn/, v.t. to harden the su …
20surface harden — transitive verb : to harden the surface of (as steel) by a case hardening process or other method (as induction or flame) …
