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COARSE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Example:
the vulgar display of the newly rich
Synonyms:
coarse; common; rough-cut; uncouth; vulgar
Classified under:
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
Derivation:
coarseness (the quality of lacking taste and refinement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
Example:
a coarse weave
Synonyms:
coarse; harsh
Classified under:
Similar:
coarse-grained; large-grained (not having a fine texture)
coarse-grained; farinaceous; grainy; granular; granulose; gritty; mealy (composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency)
granulated (made grainy or formed into granules)
plush-like; plushy ((of textures) resembling plush)
loose; open ((of textures) full of small openings or gaps)
Also:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Attribute:
texture (the feel of a surface or a fabric)
Antonym:
fine (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles)
Derivation:
coarseness (looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of low or inferior quality or value
Example:
produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Synonyms:
coarse; common
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inferior (of low or inferior quality)
Context examples:
Deep-sea sediment in which more than 25% of the fraction coarser than 5 microns is of terrigenous, volcanogenic, and/or neritic origin.
(Hemipelagic sediments, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
A usually benign congenital skin growth that is often pigmented and sometimes develop coarse surface hair.
(Hairy Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the coarse granular casts present in a biological specimen.
(Coarse Granular Cast Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
While wheat and rice received research, extension and market support, on the supply side there was a marked shift away from coarse grains, which it says had negative consequences for dietary micronutrients.
(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)
It has large and powerful jaws with a coarse, waterproof coat that covers the legs with 2 to 4 inches hair.
(Black Russian Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
The Border Terrier is small terrier with a coarse, wiry double coat and small ears, which fold forward into a "V" shape.
(Border Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
The Briard is a large, muscular herding dog with a coarse long, slightly wavy double coat.
(Briard, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of paucicellular collagenous tissue, adipocytes and a predominance of large coarse elastic fibers arranged in globules.
(Elastofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
Granular leukocytes with a nucleus that usually has two lobes connected by a slender thread of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules that are uniform in size and stainable by eosin.
(Eosinophil, NCI Thesaurus)
The long, coarse, outer coat is either straight or slightly wavy, while the undercoat is soft and thick.
(Great Pyrenees, NCI Thesaurus)
