coarsen, v.
(coarsened, coarsening, coarsens)
(coarsened, coarsening, coarsens)
make less subtle or refined
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coarsen
sample sentences
"coarsen one's ideals"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
make or become coarse or coarser
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coarsen
sample sentences
"coarsen the surface""Their minds coarsened"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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hypernym