The meaning of Coarsens

adjective

(of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point.

Usage examples:

A blunt knife

verb

Make or become less sharp.

Usage examples:

Wood can blunt your axe

noun

A hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis.

Usage examples:

Consequently, marijuana use in blunts may persist longer into adulthood for a larger proportion of …

verb

Make (a noise or sensation) less strong or intense.

Usage examples:

Ether was used to deaden the pain

verb

To reduce the severity or effect of something

Usage examples:

He asked for some stronger medication to deaden the pain.

verb

Deprive of positive human qualities.

Usage examples:

Brutal management methods and fear can dehumanize people

verb

To remove from a person the special human qualities of independent thought, feeling for other people, etc.

Usage examples:

It's a totalitarian regime that reduces and dehumanizes its population.

verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

verb

To cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before

Usage examples:

Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

verb

Make or become hard or harder.

Usage examples:

Wait for the glue to harden

verb

To make or become stronger or more severe

Usage examples:

[ i ] as the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened., [ i ] in a few hours the cement wil…

verb

If prices or share prices harden, they increase

Usage examples:

If the oil price hardens this week and remains high, there will be some effect on fuel prices by th…

verb

Make unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Usage examples:

‘right,’ i said, harshening my tone

verb

Harden.

Usage examples:

These sedimentary deposits, under the weight of the upper beds, would quickly indurate

verb

Make or become rough.

Usage examples:

The wind was roughening the surface of the river

verb

To make or become rough

Usage examples:

I roughened the edges and glued them together.

verb

Make or become thick or thicker.

Usage examples:

Thicken the sauce with flour

verb

To cause to become thicker

Usage examples:

Thicken the gravy with a little flour.

verb

Make or become stronger or more resilient.

Usage examples:

He tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school