callusing

verb

present participle of callus
as in encrusting

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  1. encrusting
  2. caking
  3. freezing
  4. hardening
  5. stiffening
  6. gelatinizing
  7. solidifying
  8. congealing
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  • True to form, Hilton upped the ante on her latest red carpet appearance by encrusting her limbs in rhinestones.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026
  • As cities race to figure out to handle this growing plague encrusting bridges and landmarks, one town has found a solution through art.
    — Ash Bhardwaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of encrusting
Verb
  • Wipe down furniture in the kitchen or dining room frequently to prevent grease from caking on.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • Dry the tracks thoroughly afterward to prevent grime from caking into the grooves.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of caking
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  • The plan includes changes to pension rules, freezing public sector wages and limiting health care costs.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The filing also says that public interest favors freezing the deal until the Supreme Court considers the case.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of freezing
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  • Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, in a continuing sign of the party’s hardening stance toward Israel.
    — Noah Robertson, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The specifications hardening around agents are careful about this line.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of hardening
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  • Avoiding harsh chemicals like bleach, fabric softeners, and the like will help keep your robe soft and absorbent as these formulas could break down the fabric, leave behind fabric-stiffening residue, or cause pilling and other concerns.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Offering a 35% incentive aimed at stiffening up jobs here and enticing post-production to relocate to the Golden State, AB 2319 is racing toward a vote in the state Senate by next week once the bill is in final shape.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of stiffening
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  • Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of gelatinizing
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  • Air France’s La Première just won the World's Best First Class Award at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, solidifying its reputation as the crème de la crème of commercial aviation.
    — Emily Adler Sach, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Alongside the Charm, the company introduced lighter-weight virtual reality goggles and new audio-only smart glasses, further solidifying its dominance in ambient computing.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of solidifying
Verb
  • The career that has followed has been the rare one that survived a child-star debut without ever congealing into the obvious next thing.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of congealing
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“Callusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callusing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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