What's the difference between roughen and shag?

Roughen


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make rough.
  • (v. i.) To grow or become rough.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There may also be a direct removal of cell surface materials leading to the observed surface roughening of treated cells.
  • (2) In addition, the professional prophylaxis of restorations adjacent to the gingival margin must address the problems of the creation of a roughened surface by abrasion to composites from pastes and polishing.
  • (3) Glazed and roughened porcelain surfaces were evaluated.
  • (4) Whatever the cause(s), osteoarthritis results in deficient masking of the collagen fibers and in roughening of the cartilaginous surface.
  • (5) The experimental system allows the assessment of differences in light reflection caused by light scattering resulting from roughened enamel surfaces and by stains.
  • (6) Acid-etching of the roughened amalgam surface prior to application of Prisma Universal Bond decreased the bond strength by nearly 45%.
  • (7) The estimation of the depth of roughening in the area of the border of the filling was achieved with the help of the Förster profilograph.
  • (8) Perforation of the dorsal capsule of the distal radio-ulnar joint, allowing contact between the roughened ulnar head and extensor tendons, was present in every case.
  • (9) Particles are likely to cause surface roughening and increased wear rates in artificial joints.
  • (10) The region (designated DRE) includes four known loci: Roughened (R; 3-1.4), defined by a dominant mutation disrupting eye morphology; the nonvital locus Aprt, structural gene for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase; Dras3, a homolog of the vertebrate ras oncogene; and 1(3)ecdysoneless (1(3)ecd), a gene that has been implicated in the regulation of larval molting hormone (ecdysteroid) synthesis.
  • (11) The graft is slid under this bridge, placed onto the roughened surface of the carpus and pushed under the operculum raised at the base of the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals.
  • (12) The femoral prosthesis used was a roughened titanium alloy with a 50-microns surface treatment of hydroxylapatite applied to the proximal one third.
  • (13) Anterior and posterior to the anus were two slightly raised roughened patches consisting of several rows of small spines.
  • (14) Upward-pointing links were seen less frequently, and the surfaces of stereocilia and microvilli were smoother after fixation (3) compared with fixations (1) and (2) in which they were usually roughened in appearance.
  • (15) Scanning electron microscopy of spermatozoa from cimetidine-treated mice exhibited distinct departure from the normal morphology such as, (i) breaks at various places along distal portion of the tail, (ii) roughening, wrinkling and disorganization of plasma membrane of the head region, (iii) decapitation of the head and (iv) changes in shape of cytoplasmic droplet.
  • (16) Until then, dentists should continue to use the current methods of undercutting and roughening the metal surface in order to achieve additional retention.
  • (17) Slightly roughened surfaces were most common (86%).
  • (18) The investigation showed that the surface roughening of the metal wires used to reinforce acrylic resin denture base material increased the fracture resistance of the test specimens.
  • (19) Precoating and having a roughened surface proximally and distally on the stem contribute to extended longevity of the cement-metal interface.
  • (20) Damage to the femoral stems was characterized by stem fracture and roughening of the femoral head.

Shag


Definition:

  • (n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
  • (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
  • (n.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
  • (n.) Any species of cormorant.
  • (a.) Hairy; shaggy.
  • (v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Because people didn't see me falling out of clubs or shagging in the alleys with different girls every week, they thought something was wrong with me.
  • (2) This is a guy whose last feature, Trash Humpers , was 80 minutes of old people shagging foliage.
  • (3) Voteman aims to get young people voting by slapping them around the chops, decapitating them, or simply hurling them into the voting booth like the shagging, lazy slackers they are.
  • (4) It's the difference between a quick shag and an all-night lovemaking session!"
  • (5) The movie was shot last year during a real spring break in St Petersburg, Florida, amid the kind of week-long teen chaos – motels on fire, pools filled with furniture, kids shagging in the street – that it takes a resort town a year to recover from.
  • (6) During Friday's hearing, White referred to an email she sent to a newspaper providing a tip about Nick Clegg's sex life, known as the "18 shags story" and said "it suggests something about her attitude".
  • (7) The relatively low activity of these enzymes is probably the main reason why the shag has been found to contain relatively high levels of dieldrin in ecological studies.
  • (8) "A shag", Ferdinand explained when asked what the gesture meant.
  • (9) I didn't look like I was supposed to because I'd been Barbarella and now I had this short, brown shag that became famous in Klute.
  • (10) You shagged your team-mate's missus, you're a cunt."
  • (11) A sports commentator was cut loose from his radio station this week for sending a tweet that read: "To all fellow women journalists: shag wisely, you could become the next first lady of France."
  • (12) We shouldn’t beat ourselves up about one-night stands or walks of shame.” The idea of your 20s as a carefree period before a woman starts her “real” life of monogamy and child-bearing is not a new one: see the end of John Cleland’s Memoirs of A Woman of Pleasure , published in 1748, where 300 pages of masturbation, orgies and lesbianism are followed by a “tail-piece of morality”, and protagonist Fanny Hill explains that she is much happier now she’s put all that filthy shagging behind her.
  • (13) Scattering out around the goals and small pitches informal games are played in mixed groups as pretty much every kid here takes a turn to demonstrate their range of tricks, traps and flicks on that wondrous green shag.
  • (14) She also caused some offence in 2005 when she suggested on air, in the wake of revelations about John Prescott's extra-marital activities, that his nickname should be changed from "two jags" to "two shags".
  • (15) Women comedians are probably not looking for shags in any case; if they were, they probably couldn't say so.
  • (16) Avon: "If your mate just gives us the bird he was shagging - was she a bird in Buckingham Palace?"
  • (17) "You shagged your team-mate's missus, you're the cunt."
  • (18) However, "continuing dramas" can't all be about shagging and hotpot (brilliant though that sounds).
  • (19) Hatchet was subjected to virulent internet abuse, some fans at United games sang songs naming and abusing his victim and declaring that Evans would “shag who he wants”.
  • (20) Liver microsomes of the shag showed smaller than 8% of the epoxide hydrase activity and smaller than 14% of the hydroxylating capacity of liver microsomes from the rat.

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