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 Definitions of coarsen  [ˈkɔr sən, ˈkoʊr-]  

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Definition of 'coarsen' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) coarsen
to make or become coarse.

Etymology:  (1795–1805)

Definition of 'coarsen' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) coarsen
make or become coarse or coarser
"coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened"

2. (verb) coarsen
make less subtle or refined
"coarsen one's ideals"


Definition of 'coarsen' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) coarsen
to make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character


Translation of 'coarsen' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to (cause to) become coarse
The laundry-work coarsened her hands.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vergrof Arabic flag Arabic: يُغَلِّظُ، يُخشّن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: загрубявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tornaráspero Czech flag Czech: zdrsnit,činit hrubým German flag German: vergröbern
Danish flag Danish: gøre grov Greek flag Greek: σκληραίνω Spanish flag Spanish: embrutecer, curtir
Estonian flag Estonian: karestama, karestuma Farsi flag Farsi: زمخت کردن Finnish flag Finnish: karhentaa
French flag French: rendre rude Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַהֲפוֹך לְגָס Hindi flag Hindi: भारी
Croatian flag Croatian: ogrubjeti Hungarian flag Hungarian: eldurvít Indonesian flag Indonesian: membuat kasar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: verða/gera grófari Italian flag Italian: rendere ruvido Japanese flag Japanese: あらくする
Korean flag Korean: 거칠어지게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: padarytišiurkštų/grubų, p Latvian flag Latvian: kļūt rupjam; kļūt raupjam
Malay flag Malay: mengasarkan Dutch flag Dutch: ruw maken, ruw worden Norwegian flag Norwegian: gjøre grov; forsimple
Polish flag Polish: stawać się/robić coś ordy Persian flag Persian: زمخت کردن Pashto flag Pashto: زيږ كول: دكيفيت ټيټول: بې
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tornaráspero Romanian flag Romanian: a (se)înăspri Russian flag Russian: делать грубым
Slovak flag Slovak: zdrsniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: razdrapati Serbian flag Serbian: ogrubeti
Swedish flag Swedish: göra grov (sträv, valkig) Thai flag Thai: ทำให้แห้งหยาบ Turkish flag Turkish: kabalaş(tır)mak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (使)變粗糙 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: робити грубим; грубішати Urdu flag Urdu: کھردرا کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm thô Chinese flag Chinese: (使)变粗糙

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