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roughhew

roughhew is the alternative form 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...

Forms of roughhew

third-person singular presentroughhews
present participleroughhewing
pastroughhewed
past participleroughhewed
past participleroughhewn

Questions about roughhew

What is roughhew the alternative form of?
Roughhew is the alternative form of rough-hew.

Words near roughhew in the dictionary

  1. roughest
  2. roughest around the edges
  3. roughest-around-the-edges
  4. roughhead
  5. roughheads
  6. roughhew
  7. roughhewed
  8. roughhewing
  9. roughhewn
  10. roughhews
  11. roughhouse

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