roughen en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹʌfən/
Etymology
From rough + -en.
Meanings
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(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.
- (intransitive) To become rough.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roughening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| roughens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| roughened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| roughened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
roughener · unroughened · roughen up · microroughened · nonroughened
Translations (11)
fi karhentua (to become rough) · de rau werden (to become rough) · la irrūgidō (to make rough) · fi karhentaa (to make rough) · bg загрубявам (to become rough) · de rau machen (to make rough) · bg награпавявам (to make rough) · de anrauen (to make rough) · de aufrauen (to make rough) · it irruvidìre (to make rough) · de rauen (to make rough)