coarsenverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈkɔː.sən/us/ˈkɔːr.sən/to become rough or cause something to become rough
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch (sth) up
- collapse
- creased
- crinkle
- crumple
- crumple sth up
- fold
- pucker
- pumice stone
- roll sth up
- roughen
- round sth off
- sand
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smooth
- steady
- straighten
- straighten up
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Examples from literature
- At any rate his agreeable voice had not coarsened.
- But labor has done nothing to coarsen the innate refinement of the soul which looks out of the fine old face.
- Heating steel at even moderate temperature is liable to coarsen the grain which can only be restored by forging or by heat treating.
- She grew stout, too, and unwieldy, and her skin coarsened from lack of care and overeating.