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View synonyms for roughen

roughen

[ ruhf-uhn ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become rough or rougher. rougher.


roughen

/ ˈrʌfən /

verb

  1. to make or become rough
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • roughen·er noun
  • un·roughened adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roughen1

First recorded in 1580–90; rough + -en 1
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Example Sentences

The rubber used should not be of a harsh grade, since that will roughen the face of the paper and probably cause the ink to run.

Take a piece of sand-paper and roughen the edges of the break as far around as the size of the patch.

The path, to be sure, does not roughen until one has gone along it for twenty-eight hundred miles.

Heading weatherward, he gave more heed to the wheel, for there were signs that the water was going to roughen somewhat.

No amount of the hardest known abrasive will even roughen its surface.

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