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caseharden

caseharden verb: to harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.

Verb

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

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

Forms of caseharden

third-person singular presentcasehardens
present participlecasehardening
past participlecasehardened
pastcasehardened
alternative formcase harden

Origin of caseharden

From case + harden.

Questions about caseharden

What does caseharden mean?
Caseharden means to harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.
What part of speech is caseharden?
Caseharden is a verb.
What is the past tense of caseharden?
The past tense of caseharden is casehardened.

Words near caseharden in the dictionary

  1. casefiles
  2. caseful
  3. casefuls
  4. casefy
  5. casefying
  6. caseharden
  7. casehardened
  8. casehardening
  9. casehardens
  10. caseic
  11. caseid

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