"coarsen" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/ Forms: coarsens [present, singular, third-person], coarsening [participle, present], coarsened [participle, past], coarsened [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sən Etymology: coarse + -en Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|coarse|en|id2=inchoative}} coarse + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} coarsen (third-person singular simple present coarsens, present participle coarsening, simple past and past participle coarsened)
  1. (transitive) To make (more) coarse. Tags: transitive Translations (make (more) coarse): կոպտացնել (koptacʿnel) (Armenian), կոշտացնել (koštacʿnel) (Armenian)
    Sense id: en-coarsen-en-verb-hnh2ydlW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'make (more) coarse': 76 24
  2. (intransitive) To become (more) coarse. Tags: intransitive Translations (become(more) coarse): կոպտանալ (koptanal) (Armenian), կոշտանալ (koštanal) (Armenian)
    Sense id: en-coarsen-en-verb-qA9vijRw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'become(more) coarse': 21 79

Inflected forms

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