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roughcasted

roughcasted is the simple past and past participle of roughcast.

Meaning of roughcast

Verb

roughcast (third-person singular simple present roughcasts, present participle roughcasting, simple past and past participle roughcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) roughcasted)

  1. (transitive) To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish.
    • This rough cast unhewn poetry was instead of stage plays for 120 years1693, John Dryden, “[The Dedication]”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson...
  2. To apply a roughcast finish to.
    • to roughcast a wall or building

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Questions about roughcasted

What is roughcasted the simple past and past participle of?
Roughcasted is the simple past and past participle of roughcast.

Words near roughcasted in the dictionary

  1. roughages
  2. Rougham
  3. Roughan
  4. Roughans
  5. roughcast
  6. roughcasted
  7. roughcaster
  8. roughcasters
  9. roughcasting
  10. roughcasts
  11. roughdraw

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