rough-dry

adj

(of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing

vb, -dries, -drying or -dried

(tr) to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing

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rough-dry

Past participle: rough-dried
Gerund: rough-drying

Imperative
rough-dry
rough-dry

Present
I rough-dry
you rough-dry
he/she/it rough-dries
we rough-dry
you rough-dry
they rough-dry

Preterite
I rough-dried
you rough-dried
he/she/it rough-dried
we rough-dried
you rough-dried
they rough-dried

Present Continuous
I am rough-drying
you are rough-drying
he/she/it is rough-drying
we are rough-drying
you are rough-drying
they are rough-drying

Present Perfect
I have rough-dried
you have rough-dried
he/she/it has rough-dried
we have rough-dried
you have rough-dried
they have rough-dried

Past Continuous
I was rough-drying
you were rough-drying
he/she/it was rough-drying
we were rough-drying
you were rough-drying
they were rough-drying

Past Perfect
I had rough-dried
you had rough-dried
he/she/it had rough-dried
we had rough-dried
you had rough-dried
they had rough-dried

Future
I will rough-dry
you will rough-dry
he/she/it will rough-dry
we will rough-dry
you will rough-dry
they will rough-dry

Future Perfect
I will have rough-dried
you will have rough-dried
he/she/it will have rough-dried
we will have rough-dried
you will have rough-dried
they will have rough-dried

Future Continuous
I will be rough-drying
you will be rough-drying
he/she/it will be rough-drying
we will be rough-drying
you will be rough-drying
they will be rough-drying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rough-drying
you have been rough-drying
he/she/it has been rough-drying
we have been rough-drying
you have been rough-drying
they have been rough-drying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rough-drying
you will have been rough-drying
he/she/it will have been rough-drying
we will have been rough-drying
you will have been rough-drying
they will have been rough-drying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rough-drying
you had been rough-drying
he/she/it had been rough-drying
we had been rough-drying
you had been rough-drying
they had been rough-drying

Conditional
I would rough-dry
you would rough-dry
he/she/it would rough-dry
we would rough-dry
you would rough-dry
they would rough-dry

Past Conditional
I would have rough-dried
you would have rough-dried
he/she/it would have rough-dried
we would have rough-dried
you would have rough-dried
they would have rough-dried

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

rough-dry - dry without smoothing or ironing; "rough-dry the laundry"

dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

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