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ROUGHEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they roughen ... he / she / it roughens
Past simple: roughened
Past participle: roughened
-ing form: roughening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make rough or rougher
Example:
roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "roughen" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
"Roughen" entails doing...:
abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off (wear away)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
smooth (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
