rough

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Meanings
adjective
  • having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.
    E.g. they had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground
  • (of a person or their behaviour) not gentle; violent or boisterous.
    E.g. pushchairs should be capable of withstanding rough treatment
  • not finished tidily or decoratively; plain and basic.
    E.g. the customers sat at rough wooden tables
  • (of a voice) harsh and rasping.
    E.g. his voice was rough with barely suppressed fury
  • not exact or precise; approximate.
    E.g. they had a rough idea of when the murder took place
  • difficult and unpleasant or unfair.
    E.g. the teachers gave me a rough time because my image didn't fit
adverb
  • in a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.
    E.g. treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair
noun
  • a disreputable and violent person.
    E.g. the rear of the column was attacked by roughs
  • (on a golf course) longer grass around the fairway and the green.
    E.g. his second shot lay in the rough
  • a preliminary sketch.
    E.g. I did a rough to work out the scale of the lettering
  • an uncut precious stone.
    E.g. miners discovered one of the biggest diamond roughs in history
verb
  • work or shape (something) in a rough, preliminary fashion.
    E.g. the piece of glass is now roughed into a circular form
  • make uneven.
    E.g. the water was roughed by the wind
  • live in discomfort with only basic necessities.
    E.g. she'd had to rough it alone in digs

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