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coarsen 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈkôrsən/,
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coarsening, present participle; coarsened, past tense; coarsens, 3rd person singular present; coarsened, past participle;
  1. Make or become rough
    • - her hands were coarsened by outside work
    • - his facial features appeared to coarsen with age
  2. Make or become crude, vulgar, or unpleasant
    • - people with coarsened characters
    • - the voice coarsened
  1. make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened"
  2. make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"
  3. To make more coarse
  4. (coarsening) An increase in grain size, usually, but not necessarily, by grain growth.