rough-dry

A form of roughdry — In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

Meanings

verbrough-dry (third-person singular simple present rough-dries, present participle rough-drying, simple past and past participle rough-dried)

present singular third person rough-dries · participle present rough-drying · participle past rough-dried · past rough-dried

  1. alternativeAlternative form of roughdry.
adjectiverough-dry (comparative more rough-dry, superlative most rough-dry)

comparative more rough-dry · superlative most rough-dry

  1. alternativeAlternative form of roughdry.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rough-dry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rough-dry.

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