harden

durcir, se durcir

Devenir ferme, rigide ou plus résistant, ou rendre quelque chose ainsi.

En anglais simple : To become firm, stiff, or harder to damage, or to make something become this way.

• Let the chocolate harden.
• Heating and cooling can harden steel.
• The glue hardened overnight.

Comment l'utiliser : harden into something (The wet clay hardened into a solid lump.)

Synonymes : solidify, stiffen

Contraires : soften

Expressions courantes : harden something, harden into something, allow to harden

durcir

Devenir ferme et difficile à plier, à enfoncer ou à casser.

En anglais simple : To become firm and difficult to bend, press, or break.

• The glue will harden overnight.
• The clay hardened in the sun.
• Has the concrete hardened yet?

Synonymes : set, solidify

Contraires : soften

Expressions courantes : harden overnight, harden completely