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HARSHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harshen mean? 

HARSHEN (verb)
  The verb HARSHEN has 1 sense:

1. make harsh or harsherplay

  Familiarity information: HARSHEN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HARSHEN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make harsh or harsher

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Winter harshened the look of the city

Hypernyms (to "harshen" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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