roughing
roughing Lexical Profile
roughing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American An infraction in contact sports, especially ice hockey and American football, involving unnecessary physical force or striking an opponent after the play has ended.
"The referee assessed a two-minute minor penalty for roughing after the scuffle in front of the net."
The act or process of making a surface coarse, uneven, or preliminary in shape.
"The initial roughing of the stone block takes place at the quarry before the sculptor begins fine detailing."
• verb
To live or camp without ordinary domestic comforts and conveniences (used in the phrase 'roughing it').
"They spent two weeks roughing it in the backcountry with only a canvas tent and basic rations."
To make a surface uneven, coarse, or textured.
"The carpenter was roughing the wooden planks with coarse sandpaper so the adhesive would grip properly."
To prepare or sketch something in a preliminary, unfinished form (usually followed by 'out' or 'in').
"The architect spent the afternoon roughing out the floor plan before creating the digital blueprints."