Home › Words › F › forhardforhardforhard means to harden up.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, forhard ranks #16,749 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English forhardien, from Old English forheardian (“to grow hard”), equivalent to for- + hard.verbTo harden up.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forharden 89% match — To make hard; harden up. vs forhard →harden 81% match — To become hard. vs forhard →enharden 79% match — To harden; to render hard. vs forhard →reharden 76% match — To harden again. vs forhard →preharden 75% match — To harden before machining. vs forhard →unharden 71% match — To soften. vs forhard →toughen 70% match — To make tough. vs forhard →deharden 70% match — To make or become less hard (resistant to pressure). vs forhard →