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
Valentine (1)	VAL-ən-tien	English
Annalee	-	English (Rare)
Yamato	yah-mah-to	Japanese
Kwesi	-	Western African, Akan
Ermenrich	-	Ancient Germanic
Tess	TES	English, Dutch