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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUGHEN

roughen  [ˈrʌfən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUGHEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roughen is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb roughen in English.

WHAT DOES ROUGHEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of roughen in the English dictionary

The definition of roughen in the dictionary is to make or become rough.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROUGHEN

PRESENT

Present
I roughen
you roughen
he/she/it roughens
we roughen
you roughen
they roughen
Present continuous
I am roughening
you are roughening
he/she/it is roughening
we are roughening
you are roughening
they are roughening
Present perfect
I have roughened
you have roughened
he/she/it has roughened
we have roughened
you have roughened
they have roughened
Present perfect continuous
I have been roughening
you have been roughening
he/she/it has been roughening
we have been roughening
you have been roughening
they have been roughening
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I roughened
you roughened
he/she/it roughened
we roughened
you roughened
they roughened
Past continuous
I was roughening
you were roughening
he/she/it was roughening
we were roughening
you were roughening
they were roughening
Past perfect
I had roughened
you had roughened
he/she/it had roughened
we had roughened
you had roughened
they had roughened
Past perfect continuous
I had been roughening
you had been roughening
he/she/it had been roughening
we had been roughening
you had been roughening
they had been roughening
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will roughen
you will roughen
he/she/it will roughen
we will roughen
you will roughen
they will roughen
Future continuous
I will be roughening
you will be roughening
he/she/it will be roughening
we will be roughening
you will be roughening
they will be roughening
Future perfect
I will have roughened
you will have roughened
he/she/it will have roughened
we will have roughened
you will have roughened
they will have roughened
Future perfect continuous
I will have been roughening
you will have been roughening
he/she/it will have been roughening
we will have been roughening
you will have been roughening
they will have been roughening
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would roughen
you would roughen
he/she/it would roughen
we would roughen
you would roughen
they would roughen
Conditional continuous
I would be roughening
you would be roughening
he/she/it would be roughening
we would be roughening
you would be roughening
they would be roughening
Conditional perfect
I would have roughen
you would have roughen
he/she/it would have roughen
we would have roughen
you would have roughen
they would have roughen
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been roughening
you would have been roughening
he/she/it would have been roughening
we would have been roughening
you would have been roughening
they would have been roughening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you roughen
we let´s roughen
you roughen
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to roughen
Past participle
roughened
Present Participle
roughening
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROUGHEN


antiphon
ˈæntɪfən
deafen
ˈdɛfən
Grafen
ˈɡraːfən
griffon
ˈɡrɪfən
gryphon
ˈɡrɪfən
halfen
ˈhɑːfən
Hohenstaufen
ˈhəʊənˌʃtaʊfən
hyphen
ˈhaɪfən
ibuprofen
aɪˈbjuːprəʊfən
often
ˈɒfən
orphan
ˈɔːfən
polyphon
ˈpɒlɪfən
sephen
ˈsɛfən
siphon
ˈsaɪfən
soften
ˈsɒfən
stiffen
ˈstɪfən
syphon
ˈsaɪfən
thermosiphon
ˌθɜːməʊˈsaɪfən
toughen
ˈtʌfən
Xenophon
ˈzɛnəfən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUGHEN

rough-dries
rough-dry
rough-hew
rough-hewn
rough-legged buzzard
rough-spoken
roughage
roughback
roughcast
roughcaster
roughened
rougher
roughhouse
roughhousing
roughie
roughies
roughish
roughleg
roughly
roughneck

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUGHEN

Aachen
Chechen
Cohen
fitted kitchen
forfoughen
fully-fitted kitchen
Gelsenkirchen
Goshen
hen
kitchen
kuchen
lengthen
lichen
say when
Stephen
strengthen
Terbrugghen
the heathen
then
when

Synonyms and antonyms of roughen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roughen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUGHEN

Find out the translation of roughen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roughen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roughen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roughen
570 millions of speakers

English

roughen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोटा हो जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خشن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Roughen
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roughen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্কশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Gratter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufrauen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粗くする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거칠게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roughen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trở nên thô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roughen
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रौन्गेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pürüzlendirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Irruvidire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zszorstkować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Roughen
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înăspri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγριεύω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ruw
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upprugga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rubb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roughen

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHEN»

The term «roughen» is regularly used and occupies the 65.061 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roughen

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGHEN»

Discover the use of roughen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roughen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One ...
If you're currently unfamiliar with the Roughen Edges effect, it might possibly be the best thing that you get out of this book. The Roughen Edges effect, well ... roughens edges. But this comes in handy so much, as we'll see. It's important to ...
Chad Perkins, 2013
2
CorelDRAW X3 Unleashed
Roughen. Brush. Tool. You'll find the Roughen Brush on the Shape Tool Flyout. Its icon looks like a rake, and that is pretty descriptive of how ... Once you've selected the Roughen Brush, the Property Bar will change to look like the one below.
Foster D. Coburn, 2006
3
Real World Adobe Illustrator CS5
Mordy Golding. • Pucker & Bloat. The Pucker & Bloat effect offers a slider that applies distortion to your objects by spiking paths. When you're looking for a really funky shape, this distortion effect probably fits the bill. • Roughen. The Roughen ...
Mordy Golding, 2010
4
Macromedia FreeHand 10 for Windows and Macintosh
*B The Roughen tool in the Xtra Tools toolbar. Rnuqllfll Amount: LlLJI — LT Edge : ... This can be very useful in making artwork look hand-drawn, or less "perfect," To set the Roughen tool options: 1. Double-click the Roughen tool in the Xtra ...
Sandee Cohen, 2002
5
Girl in Shades: A Novel
But shortly before dinnertime on that day, I met Elijah Roughen, thirteen-year-old son ofTrudie Roughen who lived at two Emerald Crescent, right down the street from us. Even before my mother was sick, Mrs. Roughen had showed interest in ...
Allison Baggio, 2011
6
Illustrator CS3 Bible
One important limitation of the Roughen command is that it works on entire paths, even if only part of the path is selected. The best way to get around this limitation is to use the Scissors tool to cut the path into separate sections. The Roughen ...
Ted Alspach, 2013
7
ImageFX 4.5 Studio
Roughen... Like Disperse, the Roughen effect stylizes an image, making it appear more textural. this is useful when preparing an image as a background for super-imposed text or other higher-priority information. The Roughen effect generally ...
Kermit Woodall
8
Illustrator CC: Visual QuickStart Guide
Visual QuickStart Guide Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas. The Roughen effect adds anchor points and then moves them. Use it to make an object look more irregular or hand drawn.This effect can be applied to whole objects or to just an ...
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas, 2013
9
Active Aeroelastic Control of Supersonic Transport Aircraft
These works are packaged and produced by BiblioLabs under license by ProQuest UMI.
Kevin Michael Roughen, 2011
10
Illustrator CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart ...
To apply the Roughen effect: 1. On the Layers panel,' click the target circle for a layer, group,A or object. Or to limit the effect to a stroke or fill attribute, select or isolate the object, then on the Appearance panel, 9» click the Stroke or Fill listing.
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGHEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roughen is used in the context of the following news items.
1
INSIGHT-Trucker's bankruptcy exit may roughen road for small …
NEW YORK, June 24 When U.S. companies go bust, bankruptcy laws ensure workers are among the first to get paid. Now an unconventional settlement in an ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
2
Al Lucas Scholarship Fund gives students college scholarships
It's a great honor," says Howard High recipient, Ian Roughen. Roughen plans to attend Duke University and study statistical analysis. In the future, he hopes to ... «41 NBC News, Apr 15»
3
Non-profit organizations given opportunity to sell coffee at farmer's …
Nora Roughen-Schmidt is the executive director of the Viroqua Chamber Main Street and can be reached at 637-2575. Copyright 2015 La Crosse Tribune. «La Crosse Tribune, Apr 15»
4
Farmers market moving to fairgrounds for 2015
For more information, contact David Connolly at dcnnlly@gmail.com or 326-0234, Sue Noble at snoble@veda-wi.org or 638-8332, or Nora Roughen-Schmidt at ... «La Crosse Tribune, Apr 15»
5
Shopping local for Valentine's Day? No problem!
NORA ROUGHEN-SCHMIDT Executive director La Crosse Tribune ... Nora Roughen-Schmidt is the executive director of the Viroqua Chamber Main Street and ... «La Crosse Tribune, Feb 15»
6
Rusten Woods risikerer tidligt exit i sæsondebut
Tiger Woods er end ikke i top-100 efter første runde af sin sæsondebut på PGA-touren i Phoenix. støvet. Tiger Woods forsøger at slå sig ud af 'roughen' i ... «Politiken.dk, Jan 15»
7
Ble knust av roughen:
Forstår at roughen er tøff på Glendower? spurte vi Espen Kofstad etter torsdagens tre over par 75-runde og delt 96.-plass etter bogey på hullene 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, ... «Golferen.no, Jan 15»
8
New consignment shop open for business
Norskies Consignment owner Jennifer Roughen (with scissors) is flanked by Chamber Director Lisa Beck (third from the left) and fellow members of the ... «hngnews.com, Jan 15»
9
Scientists in the US develop foamy copper carbon-capture technology
“There was some indication that if you roughen the surface of planar copper, it would create more active sites for reactions with CO2.” Copper foam, which has ... «Oil & Gas Technology, Aug 14»
10
Injuries roughen the day in loss to Fresno City College
Trojans' MJ Phan strikes back the birdie in the first half of her singles match against Fresno City College on March 20, 2014. Photo credit: Renee Abu-Zaghibra. «Skyline View, Mar 14»

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