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COARSEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less subtle or refined

Example:

coarsen one's ideals

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "coarsen" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Make or become coarse or coarser

Example:

Their minds coarsened

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "coarsen" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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