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 | ||