harden off

harden something off

to accustom a young plant to normal weather so it can be moved from a protected environment to the out-of-doors. We put the plants by the open window to harden them off. We hardened off the plants.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marcy	MAHR-see	English
Abdulah	-	Bosnian
Avani	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Dina (1)	DIE-nə (English)	English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Emmeline	EM-ə-leen, EM-ə-lien	English (Archaic)
Gozzo	-	Ancient Germanic