verb
- to make or become rough or rougher in texture or surface
Examples
- The sandpaper will roughen the wood surface before painting.
- Years of hard work had roughened his hands.
- The wind and salt air roughened her skin.
- Use steel wool to roughen the metal before applying glue.
- His voice roughened with emotion as he spoke.
- The waves roughened as the storm approached.
- Time had roughened the once-smooth stone steps.