Might mean (unverified): Make or become less smooth.
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▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) to make something rough or rougher

Similar:
roughen, rough, Ruden, unsmooth, coarsen, abrade, retoughen, smooth down, asperate, cruden, more...

Opposite:
smooth, polish, refine, soften

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Similar:
roughen, rough, Ruden, unsmooth, coarsen, abrade, retoughen, smooth down, asperate, cruden, more...

Opposite:
smooth, polish, refine, soften



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