ROUGHEN


Meaning of ROUGHEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrə-fən ]

verb

( rough·ened ; rough·en·ing ˈrə-fə-niŋ, ˈrəf-niŋ)

Date: 1582

transitive verb

: to make rough or rougher

her hands were roughen ed by work — Ellen Glasgow

intransitive verb

: to become rough

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.