adj
Meaning 1
Hardened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The doctor removed a lot of indurate skin from his wound.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indurate
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Obstinate, unfeeling, callous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To harden or to grow hard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To make callous or unfeeling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
emotionally hardened
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a callous indifference to suffering
- cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: callous, pachydermatous
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He was inured to the cold
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inure, harden
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: habituate, accustom
Narrower terms: callous, cauterize, cauterise, steel oneself against, steel onself for, brace oneself for, prepare for
verb
Meaning 8
become hard or harder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The wax hardened
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harden
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: encrust, incrust, callus, calcify, cure
verb
Meaning 9
make hard or harder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The cold hardened the butter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harden
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: face-harden, callus, anneal, temper, normalize
verb
Meaning 10
become fixed or established
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- indurated customs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se) — To harden
- French: indurer — To harden
- German: härten — To harden
- German: verhärten — To harden
- German: festigen — To harden
- German: verfestigen — To harden
- Bulgarian: закоравявам (zakoravjavam) — To make callous or unfeeling
- German: abhärten — To make callous or unfeeling
- German: unempfindlich machen — To make callous or unfeeling