rugged
adjective (more rugged, most rugged)
Everyday
- Rugged means rough and uneven, with rocks or bumps: rugged ground. tree →
- Rugged also means strong and weathered in appearance: a rugged face. tree →
In the lessons
in tales, a journey crosses hard rough land; in lessons it describes ground or a face that is rough and hard
Examples
- They continued across the rugged heath. tree →
- The stream had sharp and rugged rocks. tree →
- He had a rugged face lit by a smile. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
Isaiah promises that rough ground will be made smooth when God comes to bring His people home.
Interpretation. Tradition reads this as a promise of redemption, when every hard obstacle is made level; it is read in the comfort haftarot after Tisha B'Av.
Examples
- Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain; (Prophets ISA.40.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the rugged valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all brambles. (Prophets ISA.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, in paths that they knew not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and rugged places plain. (Prophets ISA.42.16, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «rugged» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «rugged» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «rugged» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «rugged» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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