Definition for Hardening:

• The process of condensing a histological or pathological specimen and making it firm and compact so that it can be cut into thin sections for examination under the microscope.

Synonyms for Hardening:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • hardening.
  •hardening (noun)
  • solidification,
  • set.
  •stiffening (noun)
  • fixing,
  • freezing,
  • settling,
  • Fossilizing.
  •thickening (noun)
  • crystallization.

• v.

  •congealing (verb)
  • thickening,
  • Congealing,
  • setting,
  • jelling,
  • Coagulating,
  • solidifying.
  •hardening (verb)
  • firming,
  • stiffening.
  •strengthening (verb)
  • energizing,
  • strengthening,
  • Vivifying,
  • reinforcing,
  • buttressing,
  • Propping,
  • Toughening,
  • supporting,
  • Empowering,
  • tempering,
  • enlivening,
  • beefing up,
  • bracing,
  • fortifying,
  • invigorating.

• Other synonyms:

  •fossilization
  • petrifaction,
  • ossification.

Paraphrases for Hardening:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Toughening, tightening-up.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    curing, strengthening, reinforcement, escalation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    increasing, unyielding, raising, curing, strengthening.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tightening, hardiness, hardness, intensification, inflexibility, radicalization, intransigence, radicalisation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    tightening.

Hardening Sentence Examples:

• She was on her knees beside him, her head bowed, or she would have seen the swift hardening of his face.

• But I say for his comfort that I think it hardened him also; if that can be called hardening which is only the strengthening of our souls to meet some dreadful reality.

Hypernym for Hardening:

• n.

  • act
    tempering, annealing.
  • state
    calcification, callus, callosity.

Hyponym for Hardening:

• n.

  • act
    change of integrity.
  • state
    symptom.