rogue
To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving…To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
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4 sensesTo cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
(dated, transitive)To cheat.
(obsolete)To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
(intransitive, obsolete)To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
(Samen) auslesen, (kranke Pflänzchen) aussortieren, schummeln
Examples
25 sentencesWho's gone rogue?
He is not a rogue person.
We worry he might go rogue.
Dan is the only rogue around here.
Tom is, to put it mildly, a rogue.
deTom ist, gelinde gesagt, ein Spitzbube. — raggione
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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Forms
rogues, roguing, rogued, roguedWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle