Definition of Rough in

1. Verb. Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form.

Exact synonyms: Rough, Rough Out
Generic synonyms: Prepare

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough In

rough bindweed
rough breathing
rough breathings
rough collie
rough colony
rough cut
rough diamond
rough drawing
rough endoplasmic reticulum
rough fish
rough green snake
rough horsetail
rough horsetails
rough house
rough in (current term)
rough line
rough microsome
rough out
rough pea
rough sledding
rough strain
rough trees
rough trot
rough up
rough up the bullpen
rough water
roughage
roughages

Literary usage of Rough in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"And because the right way was rough in that place, they chose to go out of it into that meadow, and there were taken by Giant Despair, and cast into ..."

2. English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from by George Crabb (1863)
"... ihan what is rough. In the natural sense Abrupt is opposed ... answering to our word gross, and the Latin gravis; rough, in Saxon ..."

3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"... rough in the tone of the voice, in the mode of address, or in the manner of handling or touching an object: but we are harsh in the sentiment we convey, ..."

4. Reports of Causes Determined in the United States District Court for the by United States District Court (Hawaii), Elizabeth H. Ryan (1903)
"Toka, also one of the boat's crew, said: "the coast there is not always rough; on that day it was rough in the morning but not in the afternoon ; while Kia, ..."

5. Reports of Cases Principally on Practice and Pleading, Determined in the by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Joseph Chitty, William Henry Ashurst, William Murray Mansfield (1820)
"The introduction therefore of the word rough, in my opinion, does not vary the contract as set forth. BAYLEY J. I think that the evidence given in this case ..."

6. Reports of Cases Principally on Practice and Pleading, Determined in the by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Joseph Chitty, William Henry Ashurst, William Murray Mansfield (1820)
"The introduction therefore of the word rough, in uiy opinion, does not vary the contract as set forth. .<jj tin fe BAY LEY J. I think that the evidence ..."

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