RUGGED
\ɹˈʌɡɪd], \ɹˈʌɡɪd], \ɹ_ˈʌ_ɡ_ɪ_d]\
Definitions of RUGGED
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
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very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
By Princeton University
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topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
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very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.
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Not neat or regular; uneven.
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Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
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Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
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Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; - said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
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Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; - said of sound, style, and the like.
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Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; - said of looks, etc.
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Violent; rude; boisterrous; - said of conduct, manners, etc.
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Vigorous; robust; hardy; - said of health, physique, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.
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Not neat or regular; uneven.
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Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
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Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
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Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; - said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
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Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; - said of sound, style, and the like.
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Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; - said of looks, etc.
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Violent; rude; boisterrous; - said of conduct, manners, etc.
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Vigorous; robust; hardy; - said of health, physique, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Having an uneven surface; rough; steep and rocky; as, rugged country; unkempt; uncouth; unpolished; as, a rugged countryman; wrinkled; furrowed; as, a rugged brow; harsh; stern.
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Ruggedly.
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Ruggedness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Ruggedly.
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Ruggedness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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HEREDITAMENTS
- Tilings capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal,real, personal, mixed, and including not only lands everything thereon, but alsolieir-looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir togetherwith (he land. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17; Nell is v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 E.730; Owens Lewis, 40 Ind. 508, Am. Rep. 205; Whitlock Greacen. 4S J. Eq.350. 21 Atl. 944; Mitchell Warner, 5 Conn. 407; New York Mabie, 13 150, 04Am. Dec. 53S. Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, mixed and including not only lands everything thereon, but also heir looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with land. Co. Litt. 5 b; 1 Tho. 219; 2 Bl. Com. 17. this term such things are denoted, as subject-matter inheritance, inheritance itself; cannot therefore, its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life into fee. B. & P. 251; 8 T. R. 503; 219, note Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. confined to lands. (q. v.) Vide Incorporeal hereditaments, Shep. To. 91; Cruise's Dig. tit. 1, s. 1; Wood's Inst.221; 3 Kent, Com. 321; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 203-229; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1595, et seq.