Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough-hew

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: rough-hew
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface.

Example Sentences

"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."
"It seems to me, then, that one must either be a ‘marinist’ […], or be a sub-äerialist, and believe that in Pre-Permian times the sea rough-hewed a block of country which the atmosphere has ever since been carving into its now complex and beautiful form."
"Its erosion is a constant process of alternate rough hewing and planing."

Etymology

From rough + hew.

Inflected Forms

rough-hews (present, singular) rough-hewing (participle, present) rough-hewed (past) rough-hewn (participle, past)

Synonyms

roughcast

Questions

What does rough-hew mean?: To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface.
Where does rough-hew come from?: From rough + hew.

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