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Coarsen
coarsen
(coarsens, coarsening, coarsened) 1. If something coarsens or is coarsened, it becomes thicker or rougher in texture. Skin thickens, dries and coarsens after sun exposure. ...his gnarled, coarsened features. VERB: V, V-ed, also V n 2. If someone’s behaviour or speech coarsens or if they coarsen it, they become less polite or they begin to speak in a less pleasant way. Her voice has deepened and coarsened with the years... He had coarsened his voice to an approximation of Cockney. VERB: V, V n
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verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1805 transitive verb to make coarse intransitive verb to become coarse ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. делать грубым, огрублять some soaps can coarsen the skin —- от некоторых сортов мыла кожа грубеет 2. грубеть her hands coarsened —- ее руки огрубели ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to become thicker or rougher, or to make something thicker or rougher (Hard work had coarsened his hands. | His face swollen and puffy, the features coarsened by over-indulgence.) 2 to become or to make someone become less polite in the way they talk or behave, especially about sex (Drinking had coarsened his sexual appetites.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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