roughen

English

Etymology

From rough +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʌfən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌfən

Verb

roughen (third-person singular simple present roughens, present participle roughening, simple past and past participle roughened)

  1. (transitive) To make rough.
    The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea.
    They roughened the edges of the stone to give it a rustic look.
  2. (intransitive) To become rough.

Derived terms

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Swedish

Noun

roughen

  1. definite singular of rough
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