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English verb: roughen

1. roughen (contact) make rough or rougher


SamplesRoughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)change surface


Entailabrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off


Antonymssmooth, smoothen









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