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roughened

roughened is the simple past and past participle of roughen.

Meaning of roughen

Verb

roughen (third-person singular simple present roughens, present participle roughening, simple past and past participle roughened)

  1. (transitive) To make rough.
    • The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea.
  2. (intransitive) To become rough.

Phrases with roughened

Questions about roughened

What is roughened the simple past and past participle of?
Roughened is the simple past and past participle of roughen.

Words near roughened in the dictionary

  1. roughed out
  2. roughed up
  3. roughed up the bullpen
  4. roughen
  5. roughen up
  6. roughened
  7. roughened up
  8. roughener
  9. rougheners
  10. roughening
  11. roughening up

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