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Roughen

//ˈɹʌfən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make rough. transitive

    "The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea."

  2. 2
    make rough or rougher wordnet
  3. 3
    To become rough. intransitive

Etymology

From rough + -en.

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