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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ruhf
Phonetic Transcription : rʌf

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Définition of rough out

Origin :
  • Old English ruh "rough, coarse (of cloth); hairy, shaggy; untrimmed, uncultivated," from West Germanic *rukhwaz "shaggy, hairy, rough" (cf. Middle Dutch ruuch, Dutch ruig, Old High German ruher, German rauh), from Proto-Germanic *rukhaz, from PIE *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (cf. Sanskrit ruksah "rough;" Latin ruga "wrinkle," ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," ruina "a collapse;" Lithuanian raukas "wrinkle," rukti "to shrink").
  • The original -gh- sound was guttural, as in Scottish loch. Sense of "approximate" is first recorded c.1600. Of places, "riotous, disorderly, characterized by violent action," 1863. Rough draft is from 1690s. Rough-and-ready is from 1810, originally military; rough-and-tumble (1810) is from a style of free-fighting.
  • verb do preliminary design
Example sentences :
  • I rough out my thoughts in talk as an artist models in clay.
  • Extract from : « The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • After the cylinder has been marked off, rough out all stock between the beads with a parting tool.
  • Extract from : « A Course In Wood Turning » by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers
  • Rough out with a knife or chisel by cutting on both sides of the saw cut.
  • Extract from : « A Course In Wood Turning » by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers
  • All you have to do in the field is to "rough out" skeletons from the flesh, and dry them in compact bundles for shipment.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting » by William T. Hornaday
  • They rough out the work with a hatchet, making one end a cylindrical, to receive the rope for giving rotary motion.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • It is used mainly, however, to rough out the work and to round out corners and sweeps.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • Upon the purpose of the cut, as whether to rough out or to finish the surface.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • He was very wet and his boat was full of water, but to the inquiry of "Rough out in the bay?"
  • Extract from : « Boat-Building and Boating » by Daniel Carter Beard
  • It did blow during the night; it must have been rough out in the Channel; then the wind dropped to a light breeze.
  • Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
  • Besides, I want you to notice that its kind of rough out on the lake, and as it stands were taking big chances of being swamped.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums on the Lake » by Quincy Allen

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