harden

[US]/ˈhɑːdn/
[UK]/ˈhɑːrdn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. kuwa imara au ngumu; kuwa kali
vt. kufanya jambo liwe imara au ngumu; kufanya mtu awe imara
Word Forms
Past Tensehardened
Third Person Singularhardens
Past Participlehardened
Present Participlehardening
Pluralhardens

Phrases & Collocations

harden steel

kufanya chuma ngumu

Example Sentences

a hardened lava flow.

mtiririko wa lava iliyoshikilia

a case-hardened steel anvil.

msuli wa chuma ulioshikilia

the snow hardened and compacted.

thela ya snow ilishikilia na kukandamika.

troops who had been seasoned in combat.See Synonyms at harden

wanajeshi ambao walikuwa na uzoefu katika mapigano. Tazama Sinonimu kwa harden

was hardened to life on the frontier;

alioshikiliwa kwa maisha mpaka upande wa mbele;

the silos are hardened against air attack.

vifusi vimeoshikiliwa dhidi ya shambulio la hewa.

The earth hardens under the hot sun.

Ardhi inashikilia chini ya jua lenye moto.

You may leave the jelly in a cool place to harden it.

Unaweza kuacha jelly mahali pakubwa ili uisikie.

I hardened my heart against him.

Niliweka moyo wangu mgumu dhidi yake.

He is becoming hardened to failure.

Yeye anazidi kuwa mgumu kwa kushindwa.

Real-world Examples

It will take days for the new shell to harden.

Itakua inachukua siku kadhaa kwa shell mpya kuwa ngumu.

Source: The mysteries of the Earth

He says Ring and other technologies like it can harden racial barriers.

Yeye anasema Ring na teknolojia zingine kama hiyo inaweza kuimarisha kizuizi cha rangi.

Source: VOA Special July 2019 Collection

As the death toll amounts, so seemed that resolve by the protesters hardened.

Huku idadi ya vifo ikiwaongezeka, ilionekana kwamba uamuzi wa maandamano uliwaimarisha.

Source: BBC Listening March 2021 Collection

The spoon drops and cools off to harden.

Kichwao kinadondoka na kinapoa ili kuongeza nguvu.

Source: Learn English through advertisements.

Hal's theory, which he practised on others, was that one must get hardened.

Nadharia ya Hal, ambayo alitumia kwa wengine, ilikuwa kwamba mtu lazima azeeke.

Source: The Call of the Wild

Both extreme cold and extreme heat will ruin clay statues before they can harden.

Ubaridi kali na joto kali pia vitaondoa sanamu za udongo kabla hawajaweza kuongeza nguvu.

Source: National Geographic: The Terracotta Army of China

It's basically the same as nail polish, but it hasn't fully hardened yet.

Ni sawa kabisa na msumuko wa vidole, lakini bado haujaongeza nguvu kabisa.

Source: Connection Magazine

You know it looks to me like some sort of cake hardened with the years.

Unajua, kwa uoni wangu, inavyoonekana kama aina ya keki iliyoimarishwa na miaka.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

Fibrosis causes hardening of the affected area, which is commonly in the limbs.

Fibrosis husababisha kuongezeka kwa eneo lililoathiriwa, ambalo kwa kawaida ni kwenye viungo.

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

Also, fibrosis starts to develop, and the limbs harden and increase in size.

Pia, fibrosis huanza kutengenezwa, na viungo hupata nguvu na kuongezeka saizi.

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

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