Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make (more) coarse.

    Because the wool is of poor quality, it will coarsen the fabric.

    make or become coarse or coarser

  2. (intransitive)To become (more) coarse.

Origin

From coarse + -en.

From coarse + -en.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

coarsens, coarsening, coarsened, coarsened
Base formcoarsen · to coarsen
3rd person singularcoarsens
Present participlecoarsening
Past simplecoarsened
Past participlecoarsened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycoarsen
he, she, itcoarsens

Past simpleLesson

all personscoarsened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coarsened
he, she, ithas coarsened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill coarsen

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcoarsener

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coalB1coalitionB2coarseB2coastA2coastalB1coaster
coarsen — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto