Word: hardening
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: har
de
ning
Definition: Present participle of harden; harden by reheating and cooling in oil
Morphemes:
Affix: hard
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.