"toughen" meaning in English

See toughen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtʌfən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toughen.wav Forms: toughens [present, singular, third-person], toughening [participle, present], toughened [participle, past], toughened [past]
Rhymes: -ʌfən Etymology: From tough + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tough|en|id2=inchoative}} tough + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} toughen (third-person singular simple present toughens, present participle toughening, simple past and past participle toughened)
  1. (transitive) To make tough. Tags: transitive Translations (to make tougher): втвърдявам (vtvǎrdjavam) (Bulgarian), koventaa (Finnish), vahvistaa (Finnish), karkaista (Finnish), cruaigh (Irish), whakapūioio (Maori), whakamarohi (Maori), whakapakeke (Maori), ужесточа́ть (užestočátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ужесточи́ть (užestočítʹ) (english: rules) [perfective, usually] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-toughen-en-verb-EWMv39yq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 29 6 21 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 5 31 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to make tougher': 66 34
  2. (intransitive) To become tough. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become tougher): втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se) (Bulgarian), ztuhnout [perfective] (Czech), ztvrdnout [perfective] (Czech), koventua (Finnish), vahvistua (Finnish), karkaistua (Finnish), versteifen (German), cruaigh (Irish), stvrdnúť [perfective] (Slovak), stuhnúť [perfective] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-toughen-en-verb-dSv8NXot Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 29 6 21 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 5 31 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to become tougher': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: toughen up

Inflected forms

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