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is roughening

  • present progressive
    of roughen (3rd person singular).
    roughen
    verb (used with or without object)
    to make or become rough or rougher.

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"Tom, I'm half-inclined to think that the water is roughening."

From The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

The sea is roughening, and I doubt if we could pick up that scow in tow again.

From The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep by Victor G. Durham