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case harden

case harden verb: to impart greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.

Verb

case harden (third-person singular simple present case hardens, present participle case hardening, simple past and past participle case hardened)

  1. To impart greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.

Forms of case harden

third-person singular presentcase hardens
present participlecase hardening
past participlecase hardened
pastcase hardened

Words formed from case harden

Questions about case harden

What does case harden mean?
Case harden means to impart greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.
What part of speech is case harden?
Case harden is a verb.
What is the past tense of case harden?
The past tense of case harden is case hardened.

Words near case harden in the dictionary

  1. case folding
  2. case fraction
  3. case fractions
  4. case grammar
  5. case grammars
  6. case harden
  7. case hardened
  8. case hardening
  9. case hardens
  10. case head
  11. case heads

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