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 Definitions of roughen  [ˈrʌf ən]  

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

1. (v.i.) roughen
to make or become rough or rougher.

Etymology:  (1580–90)

Definition of 'roughen' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) roughen
make rough or rougher
"roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other"


Definition of 'roughen' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) roughen
to make rough

2. (verb) roughen
to grow or become rough


Translation of 'roughen' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make or become rough
The sea roughened as the wind rose.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rofmaak Arabic flag Arabic: يُخَشِّن، يَجْعَل السَّطْ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: загрубявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tornar(-se) rude Czech flag Czech: zhrubnout; rozbouřit se German flag German: rauh werden
Danish flag Danish: blive rå Greek flag Greek: αγριεύω Spanish flag Spanish: embravecerse
Estonian flag Estonian: karmistama, karmistuma Farsi flag Farsi: ناهموار شدن یا کردن Finnish flag Finnish: karhentaa
French flag French: devenir rude/houleux Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְחַספֵּס Hindi flag Hindi: गंदा करना, खुरदरा बनाना
Croatian flag Croatian: ohrapaviti se, uzburkati Hungarian flag Hungarian: viharossá válik Indonesian flag Indonesian: berombak besar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ÿfa(st) Italian flag Italian: agitarsi; irruvidire Japanese flag Japanese: 荒れる
Korean flag Korean: 거칠게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pa(si)šiaušti Latvian flag Latvian: padarīt nelīdzenu; kļūt n
Malay flag Malay: menjadi ganas Dutch flag Dutch: ruw maken, ruw worden Norwegian flag Norwegian: gjøre ru; gå høy, piskes
Polish flag Polish: wzburzyć się Persian flag Persian: ناهموار شدن یا کردن Pashto flag Pashto: نا همواره کیدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tornar(-se) violento Romanian flag Romanian: a seînăspri; a deveni fur Russian flag Russian: становиться бурным
Slovak flag Slovak: rozbúriť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: postati razburkan Serbian flag Serbian: ogrubeti
Swedish flag Swedish: göra (bli) stormigare (hå Thai flag Thai: ทำให้หยาบ Turkish flag Turkish: pürüzlen(dir)mek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (使)變粗糙 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: грубіти Urdu flag Urdu: کھردرا ہونا یا کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dữ dội Chinese flag Chinese: 使...变粗糙

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