Word: roughing
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ro
ughing
Definition: Present participle of rough; with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
Morphemes:
Affix: rough
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To render rough; to roughen.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.