Roughen
/ˈɹʌfən/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make rough. transitive
"The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea."
- 2 make rough or rougher wordnet
- 3 To become rough. intransitive
Example
More examples"The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea."
Etymology
From rough + -en.