rough out
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rough-out — roughˈ out noun A leather or a leather article, having the reverse side from the grain outermost • • • Main Entry: ↑rough … Useful english dictionary
rough out — [v] do preliminary design adumbrate, block out, chalk, characterize, delineate, draft, outline, plan, skeleton, sketch, suggest; concepts 36,79,174 … New thesaurus
rough out — verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑rough in, ↑rough • Hypernyms: ↑prepare • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * … Useful english dictionary
rough out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rough out : present tense I/you/we/they rough out he/she/it roughs out present participle roughing out past tense roughed out past participle roughed out to produce a drawing or piece of writing without… … English dictionary
rough out — PHRASAL VERB If you rough out a drawing or an idea, you draw or write the main features of it before you do it in detail. [V P n (not pron)] Wood roughed out a possible framework for their story. [Also V n P] Syn: sketch … English dictionary
rough out — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, bat out, block in, block out, botch, brief, bungle, carve, cast, chalk out, characterize, chisel, create, cut, dash off, delineate, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, draft, efform, fake up … Moby Thesaurus
rough out — /ˌrʌf aυt/ verb to make a draft or a general design ● The finance director roughed out a plan of investment … Marketing dictionary in english
rough out — /ˌrʌf aυt/ verb to make a draft or a general design of something, which may be changed later ● The finance director roughed out a plan of investment … Dictionary of banking and finance
rough — [ruf] adj. [ME ruh, rugh < OE ruh, akin to Ger rauh < IE * reuk < base * reu , to tear, tear out (> RUG, ROTTEN): prob. basic sense “hairy, woolly”] 1. a) not smooth or level; having bumps, projections, etc.; uneven [a rough surface]… … English World dictionary
Rough — Rough, v. t. 1. To render rough; to roughen. [1913 Webster] 2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. Crabb. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
