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roughcasting

roughcasting is the present participle and gerund 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 roughcasting

What is roughcasting the present participle and gerund of?
Roughcasting is the present participle and gerund of roughcast.

Words near roughcasting in the dictionary

  1. Roughans
  2. roughcast
  3. roughcasted
  4. roughcaster
  5. roughcasters
  6. roughcasting
  7. roughcasts
  8. roughdraw
  9. roughdrawing
  10. roughdrawn
  11. roughdraws

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