Lexic.us

Definition of Coarsen

1. Verb. Make or become coarse or coarser. "Their minds coarsened"

Definition of Coarsen

1. v. t. To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.

Definition of Coarsen

1. Verb. To make more coarse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coarsen

1. to make coarse [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: coarse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarsen

Literary usage of Coarsen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"This, after straining with tensile stresses varying from 40640 to 49000 Ib. per square inch, failed to coarsen noticeably in a 22-hr, exposure to 680°. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... coarsen for the word originally used and emphasized by italics; and the 'Oxford Dictionary,' under 'coarsen,' is misled by his sophistication. ..."

3. The Production of Elliptic Interferences in Relation to Interferometry by Carl Barus, Maxwell Barus (1912)
"numerically the lines travel through the spectrum in the opposite direction to the preceding case, while at the same time they coarsen until they vanish as ..."

4. Introduction to the Book of Zohar: The Science of Kabbalah (Pticha) by Yehudah Ashlag, Michael Laitman (2005)
"They gradually contract, coarsen, "get spoiled" and turn into the egoistic ... The worlds are the Creator's properties that gradually descend, coarsen, ..."

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