rough-hew verb1 •To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface.Our indiscretion sometimes serues vs well, / When our deare plots do paule, and that should teach vs, / There's a Diuinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will. — 1599 formsrough-hewed · rough-hewn · rough-hewing · rough-hews