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Meanings of roughen in inglés

catalán
posar aspre
español
ponerse áspero

Make rough or rougher.

ponerse áspero
Antonyms
Examples for "smooth"
Examples for "smooth"
1
This great adoption of EU law is essential to a smooth Brexit.
The Guardian
2
He wears a good suit does Ince, a smooth gray number today.
The Guardian
3
However there are ways of making the transition as smooth as possible.
The Irish Times
4
Introducing set terms and age limits was supposed to ensure smooth transitions.
The Guardian
5
The scales smooth; praeanal pores none; pupil elliptical, erect; hinder limbs short.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
Usage of roughen in inglés
1
No amount of the hardest known abrasive will even roughen its surface.
The Skylark of Space
2
A grisly mustache was just beginning to roughen the stranger's upper lip.
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
3
Blue peaks of distant mountains roughen the horizon of the north.
My Summer with Dr. Singletary / Part 2 from Volume V of The Work...
4
Then he sanded the wooden handles of the guns to roughen them slightly.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
5
You're not on my side. I felt my voice roughen, not with fear.
The Einstein Intersection
6
Plane it straight and roughen its two-inch surface with a file.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
7
Strain in a colander, shaking to roughen the edges a little.
Independent.ie
8
Not a crumpled rose-leaf-had rose-leavesbeen flying about just then-mustroughen her darling's bed.
The Lovels of Arden
9
This slide was in perfect condition, and the otters were careful not to roughen it.
Secrets of the Woods
10
The water began to roughen under the stiff breeze.
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
11
Household drudgery, woodcutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
My Brilliant Career
12
While this is being done, slightly roughen the back of your bow with a file.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
13
Don't let every little untowards thing roughen your temper.
The Wide, Wide World
14
Now"-helet his voice roughen-"canI see him, or not?"
American empire: blood and iron
15
He did not roughen or scrape the surface.
The Irish Times
16
Shake the pot to roughen the edges.
The Irish Times
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Translations for roughen
catalán
posar aspre
Roughen through the time