Usually means: Shape crudely or roughly; carve.
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  1. rough-hew: Merriam-Webster
  2. rough-hew: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rough-hew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rough-hew, rough-hew: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rough-hew: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rough-hew, rough-hew: Wordnik
  7. rough-hew: Wiktionary
  8. rough-hew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. rough-hew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. rough-hew: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. rough-hew: Dictionary.com
  12. rough-hew: Rhymezone
  13. rough-hew: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. rough-hew: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rough-hew: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. rough-hew: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rough-hew: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rough-hew)

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

Similar:
roughcast, roughhew, roughwork, rough draw, roughdraw, scrapple, snag, scapple, router, hacksaw, more...

Opposite:
refine, polish, smooth, perfect, finish

Types:
make rough copy of, improvise, more...

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Similar:
roughcast, roughhew, roughwork, rough draw, roughdraw, scrapple, snag, scapple, router, hacksaw, more...

Opposite:
refine, polish, smooth, perfect, finish

Types:
make rough copy of, improvise, more...



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