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| Main Entry: |
carve
[kahrv]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut carefully with sharp instrument |
| Synonyms: | block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle |
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrefined, natural |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, in the rough, inexpert, makeshift, outline, prentice, primitive, raw, rough, rough-hewn, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unpolished, unprepared, unprocessed, unproficient, unsorted, untaught, untrained, unworked, unwrought |
| Antonyms: | formal, planned, refined, sophisticated, stilted |
| Main Entry: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cooked, prepared |
| Synonyms: | basic, bloody, callow, coarse, crude, fibrous, fresh, green, hard, immature, impure, native, natural, organic, rough, rough-hewn, rude, unbaked, uncooked, undercooked, underdone, undressed, unfashioned, unformed, unfried, ungraded, unpasteurized, unprepared, unprocessed, unrefined, unripe, unsorted, unstained, untreated |
| Antonyms: | cooked, done, well-done |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, incomplete |
| Synonyms: | austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, raw, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought |
| Antonyms: | accurate, complete, definite, precise |
| Main Entry: | rude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, primitive |
| Synonyms: | angular, artless, barbarous, callow, coarse, formless, fresh, green, ignorant, inartistic, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, makeshift, primal, raw, rough, roughhewn, roughly made, rudimental, rudimentary, shapeless, simple, uncivilized, unconversant, uncultivated, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, wild |
| Antonyms: | polished, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | rugged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy, weathered |
| Synonyms: | asperous, broken, coarse, craggy, difficult, furrowed, harsh, hilly, irregular, jagged, leathery, lumpy, mountainous, ragged, rocky, rough, roughhewn, scabrous, scraggy, stark, uneven, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth, weather-beaten, worn, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | even, flat, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | unfinished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not completed |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, bare, crude, cut short, dabbling, defective, deficient, dilettante, faulty, formless, found wanting, fragmentary, half-baked, half-done, immature, imperfect, in the making, in the rough, incomplete, lacking, natural, not done, plain, raw, rough, roughhewn, shapeless, sketchy, tentative, unaccomplished, unadorned, unassembled, uncompleted, unconcluded, under construction, undeveloped, undone, unexecuted, unfashioned, unfulfilled, unperfected, unpolished, unrefined, wanting |
| Antonyms: | completed, finished, polished, refined, whole |
| Main Entry: | grainy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coarse |
| Synonyms: | chapped, coarse-grained, crude, granular, gritty, harsh, homespun, impure, inferior, loose, lumpy, mediocre, particulate, poor quality, rough, rough-hewn, rugged, unfinished, unpolished, unprocessed, unpurified |
| Main Entry: | granular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coarse |
| Synonyms: | chapped, coarse-grained, crude, grainy, gritty, harsh, homespun, impure, inferior, loose, lumpy, mediocre, particulate, poor quality, rough, rough-hewn, rugged, unfinished, unpolished, unprocessed, unpurified |
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