roughhew

VERB

chisel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

carve sculpt

STRONG

hew incise roughcast sculpture shape

VERB

shape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

build carve construct embody fashion forge frame mold produce

STRONG

assemble cast chisel crystallize cut fabricate hew knead make mint model pat pattern sculpture sketch stamp streamline trim whittle

WEAK

block out bring together throw together

Antonyms

STRONGEST

demolish destroy dismantle raze ruin

STRONG

lose

WEAK

deform neglect

VERB

throw up

Synonyms

WEAK

build overnight jerrybuild knock together patch put together roughcast run up slap together throw together

Antonyms

WEAK

destroy raze tear down

Example Sentences

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There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew them how we will.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various