harshen
(verb) make harsh or harsher; “Winter harshened the look of the city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
harshen (third-person singular simple present harshens, present participle harshening, simple past and past participle harshened)
(transitive) To make, or to become harsh; render hard and rough.
(transitive) To render peevish, morose, or austere.
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
