"toughen" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtʌfən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toughen.wav [Southern-England] Forms: toughens [present, singular, third-person], toughening [participle, present], toughened [participle, past], toughened [past]
Rhymes: -ʌfən Etymology: 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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 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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      "sense": "to make tougher",
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      "sense": "to make tougher",
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      "sense": "to make tougher",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to make tougher",
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      "word": "ужесточи́ть"
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      "roman": "vtvǎrdjavam se",
      "sense": "to become tougher",
      "word": "втвърдявам се"
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      "sense": "to become tougher",
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      "sense": "to become tougher",
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      "word": "ztvrdnout"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become tougher",
      "word": "koventua"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become tougher",
      "word": "vahvistua"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become tougher",
      "word": "karkaistua"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to become tougher",
      "word": "versteifen"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to become tougher",
      "word": "cruaigh"
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      "sense": "to become tougher",
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