rough-hew

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ruhf hyoo or, often, yoo]
- /rʌf hyu or, often, yu/
- /rʌf hjuː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ruhf hyoo or, often, yoo]
- /rʌf hyu or, often, yu/

Definitions of rough-hew word

verb with object rough-hew to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing. 1
verb with object rough-hew to shape roughly; give crude form to. 1
verb rough-hew to cut or hew (timber, stone, etc) roughly without finishing the surface 0
verb rough-hew to shape roughly or crudely 0
verb transitive rough-hew to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly, or without finishing or smoothing 0
verb transitive rough-hew to form roughly; give crude shape to 0

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Origin of rough-hew

First appearance:

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30

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Parts of speech for Rough-hew

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rough-hew

rough-hew popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for rough-hew

verb rough-hew

carve — If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
graved — to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
graving — to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
hacked — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.

All 9 Synonyms of rough-hew