caseharden

See also: case harden

English

Alternative forms

case harden

Etymology

Verb

caseharden (third-person singular simple present casehardens, present participle casehardening, simple past and past participle casehardened)

To harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.
(by extension) To make insensitive to hardship.

Translations

to harden the surface of steel

Bulgarian: циментирам (cimentiram)

Russian: цементировать (ru) impf (cementirovatʹ), процементировать pf (procementirovatʹ)

To make insensitive to hardship

Bulgarian: калявам (bg) (kaljavam), правя нечувствителен (pravja nečuvstvitelen)

Russian: закалять (ru) impf (zakaljatʹ), закалить (ru) pf (zakalitʹ)

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