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rough-dry — [ruf′drī′] vt. rough dried, rough drying to dry (washed laundry) without ironing: also roughdry adj. washed and dried but not ironed … English World dictionary
rough-dry — verb dry without smoothing or ironing rough dry the laundry • Hypernyms: ↑dry, ↑dry out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
rough-dry — I. transitive verb Date: 1778 to dry (laundry) without smoothing or ironing II. adjective Date: 1854 being dry after laundering but not ironed or smoothed over < rough dry clothes > … New Collegiate Dictionary
rough-dry — /rʌf ˈdraɪ/ (say ruf druy) verb (t) (rough dried, rough drying) 1. to dry (clothes, etc.) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc. –adjective 2. dry but unironed …
rough — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a having an uneven or irregular surface, not smooth or level or polished. b Tennis applied to the side of a racket from which the twisted gut projects. 2 (of ground, country, etc.) having many bumps, obstacles, etc. 3… … Useful english dictionary
dry out — verb 1. become dry or drier (Freq. 2) The laundry dries in the sun • Syn: ↑dry • Derivationally related forms: ↑drier (for: ↑dry) • … Useful english dictionary
dry wash — noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) • Syn: ↑wash • Regions: ↑West, ↑western United States • Hypernyms: ↑streambed, ↑creek bed * * * … Useful english dictionary
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Rough for Radio II — is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in French in 1961 as Pochade radiophonique and published in Minuit 16, November 1975. Beckett translated the work into English shortly before its broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 13th April 1976.… … Wikipedia
Rough Frog — Conservation status Least Concern (IUC … Wikipedia
