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roughing

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "roughing" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables

8 characters

English (US)

Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “roughing” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.

2syllables

roughing

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roughing is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, roughing is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofroughing

1verb

To create in an approximate form.
Example: "Rough in the shape first, then polish the details."
To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
To render rough; to roughen.
To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
To endure primitive conditions.
To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.

Nearby Words

17 words

Before

roughhews roughhouse roughhoused roughhouser roughhouses roughhousing roughhousy roughie

roughing(current)

After

roughing-in roughings roughish roughishly roughishness roughleg roughlegs roughly

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