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rough-hewing

rough-hewing is the present participle and gerund of rough-hew.

Meaning of rough-hew

Verb

rough-hew (third-person singular simple present rough-hews, present participle rough-hewing, simple past rough-hewed, past participle rough-hewn)

  1. To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface.
    • Our indiscretion sometimes serues vs well, / When our deare plots do paule, and that should teach vs, / There's a Diuinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about rough-hewing

What is rough-hewing the present participle and gerund of?
Rough-hewing is the present participle and gerund of rough-hew.

Words near rough-hewing in the dictionary

  1. rough-headed dragonet
  2. rough-hew
  3. rough-hewed
  4. rough-hewer
  5. rough-hewers
  6. rough-hewing
  7. rough-hewn
  8. rough-hews
  9. rough-hound
  10. rough-hounds
  11. rough-house

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