rough-draw
rough-draw verb: to sketch roughly; to make a quick, unpolished version.
Verb
rough-draw (third-person singular simple present rough-draws, present participle rough-drawing, simple past rough-drew, past participle rough-drawn)
- To sketch roughly; to make a quick, unpolished version.
- His victories we scarce could keep in view, Or polish them so fast as he rough-drew.1670, John Dryden, Almanzor and Almahide, or the Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, a Tragedy
- My pen is not a fit pencil in the least to rough-draw the great jubilee with which the hearts of the people of Rome were filled, when, on Monday morning, the twentieth of June, it began to be whispered about the city, that so deserving a prelate had been created the sacred Monarch of Christendome;1812, Sir Walter Scott, A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
Forms of rough-draw
| third-person singular present | rough-draws |
|---|---|
| present participle | rough-drawing |
| past | rough-drew |
| past participle | rough-drawn |
| alternative form | rough draw |
| alternative form | roughdraw |
Questions about rough-draw
- What does rough-draw mean?
- Rough-draw means to sketch roughly; to make a quick, unpolished version.
- What part of speech is rough-draw?
- Rough-draw is a verb.
- What is the past tense of rough-draw?
- The past tense of rough-draw is rough-drew.
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