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to coarsen
01
to reduce the refinement, subtlety, or delicacy of something
Transitive: to coarsen sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
coarsen
3rd person singular
coarsens
present participle
coarsening
past simple
coarsened
past participle
coarsened
Examples
Years of harsh living had coarsened his manners.
02
to make a material or surface rougher or thicker in texture
Transitive: to coarsen sth
Examples
Sanding the plank incorrectly coarsened its surface.
03
to become rougher or thicker in texture or quality
Intransitive
Examples
His skin coarsened after years of outdoor labor.
Lexical Tree
coarsened
coarsen
coarse
