rough-hew

• فعل قديم يعني إعطاء شيء ما شكلاً خاماً أو أولياً، أو تشكيله بصورة خشنة وغير نهائية، ويُستعمل كثيراً بالمعنى المجازي.

An archaic verb meaning to shape or form something roughly or in a preliminary way, often used figuratively.

1. Shape roughlyC2formal

   To shape or cut something, such as wood or stone, in a rough or unfinished manner, without smoothing or polishing the surface.

   النحت الخشن

   • The sculptor rough-hewed the block of marble into a basic human form.
   • Carpenters often rough-hew timber before final shaping.
   • The statue was rough-hewed from a single piece of granite.

   المرادفاتblock outhewrough outrough-cutroughcast