Definition of toughened Toughened
/tΚΛfΚnd/ - [tufund] -
We found 4 definitions of toughened from 3 different sources.
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What does toughened mean?
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| toughened - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" | ||
| tough | ||
| untoughened, tender (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots" | ||
| experienced, experient having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | ||
| rugged sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" | ||
| strong freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm" | ||
| calloused, callous, thickened having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands" | ||
| enured, inured, hardened made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett | ||
| toughened - made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass" | ||
| tempered, treated, hardened | ||
| unhardened, untempered not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism" | ||
| curable curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- toughened (imp. & p. p.)
of Toughen
