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coarsencoarsen /ˈkɔrsən/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal VERB TABLEcoarsen |
Present | I, you, we, they | coarsen | | he, she, it | coarsens | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coarsened | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coarsened | | he, she, it | has coarsened | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coarsened | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will coarsen | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coarsened |
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Present | I | am coarsening | | he, she, it | is coarsening | | you, we, they | are coarsening | Past | I, he, she, it | was coarsening | | you, we, they | were coarsening | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coarsening | | he, she, it | has been coarsening | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coarsening | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coarsening | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coarsening |
1to become thicker or rougher, or to make something thicker or rougher: Hard work had coarsened his hands.2to become or to make someone become less polite in the way he or she talks or behaves: The political process has become coarsened. |