Meaning

2 senses
  1. To harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.

    цементироватьcementirovatʹ, процементироватьprocementirovatʹ

  2. (broadly)To make insensitive to hardship.

    закалятьzakaljatʹ, закалитьzakalitʹ

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to harden the surface of steel:
To make insensitive to hardship:

Origin

From case + harden.

From case + harden.

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Forms

casehardens, casehardening, casehardened, casehardened
Base formcaseharden · to caseharden
3rd person singularcasehardens
Present participlecasehardening
Past simplecasehardened
Past participlecasehardened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycaseharden
he, she, itcasehardens

Past simpleLesson

all personscasehardened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave casehardened
he, she, ithas casehardened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill caseharden

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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