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work-harden

work-harden verb: to harden (a material) by work hardening.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To harden (a material) by work hardening.

Forms of work-harden

third-person singular presentwork-hardens
present participlework-hardening
past participlework-hardened
pastwork-hardened

Questions about work-harden

What does work-harden mean?
Work-harden means to harden (a material) by work hardening.
What part of speech is work-harden?
Work-harden is a verb.
What is the past tense of work-harden?
The past tense of work-harden is work-hardened.

Words near work-harden in the dictionary

  1. work-arounds
  2. work-athon
  3. work-athons
  4. work-brittle
  5. work-camp
  6. work-harden
  7. work-hardened
  8. work-in
  9. work-in-process
  10. work-in-progress
  11. work-ins

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