English verb: roughen | |||
1. | roughen (contact) make rough or rougher | ||
Samples | Roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change surface | ||
Entail | abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off | ||
Antonyms | smooth, smoothen | ||