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Definition of Roughen
1. Verb. Make rough or rougher. "Roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other"
Definition of Roughen
1. v. t. To make rough.
2. v. i. To grow or become rough.
Definition of Roughen
1. Verb. (transitive) To make rough. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To become rough. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roughen
1. to make rough [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: rough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roughen
Literary usage of Roughen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1808)
"... spiry town, was given, And the brown forest roughen'd wide around. But this
so dead, so Tile, submission, long Endur'd not. Unus'd to bend, impatient of ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Particle, atom, bit, scrap, jot, whit. mite. Granulate» vn Be formed into grains,
becora* granular, roughen. Grape, /.-. Fruit of the vine. Grape-sugar, ». ..."
3. Official Proceedings for the Annual Convention by American Society for Municipal Improvements (1896)
"When the topping has slid on the concrete the contractor must roughen the latter
by means of picks or bars in addition to the binder. ..."
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