ROUGHEN

roughen

(verb) make rough or rougher; “roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To make rough.

(intransitive) To become rough.

Source: Wiktionary


Rough"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roughened; p. pr. & vb. n. Roughening.] Etym: [From Rough.]

Definition: To make rough.

Rough"en, v. i.

Definition: To grow or become rough.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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