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indurate

/ indurate /
verb/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
become fixed or established
"indurated customs"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
become hard or harder
"The wax hardened"
Opposites:
soften
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
encrust incrust callus calcify cure
Derived:
sclerosis induration hardening solidifying solidification
Verb group:
harden
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
make hard or harder
"The cold hardened the butter"
Opposites:
soften
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
face-harden callus
Derived:
sclerosis induration hardening
Verb group:
harden
Causes:
harden
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
"He was inured to the cold"
Type of:
habituate accustom
Kinds of:
callous cauterize cauterise steel oneself against steel onself for
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
adjective satellite Sense 5
emotionally hardened
"a callous indifference to suffering"
"cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
Similar:
insensitive
Semantic Complexity
49%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
2
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change encrust incrust callus calcify cure soften face-harden habituate accustom callous cauterize