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roughed

roughed is the simple past and past participle of rough.

Meaning of rough

Verb

rough (third-person singular simple present roughs, present participle roughing, simple past and past participle roughed)

  1. To create in an approximate form.
    • Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
  2. (intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
    • […] roughing is not a part of the sport, and will not be tolerated. Referees will not permit unfair practices that may cause injury to a contestant, and are held strictly responsible for enforcing these rules.1938, California. State Athletic Commission, Rules, Regulations and Law Regulating Boxing and Wrestling (page 42)
  3. To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
  4. To render rough; to roughen.
  5. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
    • To Rough Horses, a word in familiar use among the dragoons to signify the act of breaking in horses, so as to adapt them to military purposes.1802, Charles James, A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary
  6. To endure primitive conditions.
    • to rough it

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Phrases with roughed

Words that rhyme with roughed

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Questions about roughed

What is roughed the simple past and past participle of?
Roughed is the simple past and past participle of rough.

Words near roughed in the dictionary

  1. roughdries
  2. roughdry
  3. roughdrying
  4. Roughead
  5. Rougheads
  6. roughed
  7. roughed it
  8. roughed out
  9. roughed up
  10. roughed up the bullpen
  11. roughen

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