Rough

[rʌf]

Definition

(noun.) the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.

(adj.) not perfected; 'a rough draft'; 'a few rough sketches' .

(adj.) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; 'she was a diamond in the rough'; 'rough manners' .

(adj.) having or caused by an irregular surface; 'trees with rough bark'; 'rough ground'; 'rough skin'; 'rough blankets'; 'his unsmooth face' .

(adj.) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; 'a rough ride' .

(adj.) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped .

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Definition

(n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

(n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.

(n.) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.

(n.) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.

(n.) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.

(n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.

(n.) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.

(n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.

(n.) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.

(n.) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.

(n.) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.

(n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.

(n.) Produced offhand.

(n.) Boisterous weather.

(n.) A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

(adv.) In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

(v. t.) To render rough; to roughen.

(v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.

(v. t.) To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.

Checker: Micawber

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Uneven, rugged, craggy, cragged, jagged, scraggy, not smooth.[2]. Unhewn, unwrought, unfashioned, formless, shapeless.[3]. Unpolished (as a gem), uncut.[4]. Shaggy, hirsute, bristly, ragged, disordered.[5]. Coarse, indelicate, rude, uncivil, impolite, ungracious, homespun, bluff, blunt, bearish, churlish, BRUSQUE, gruff.[6]. Harsh, sharp, severe, violent.[7]. Tart, sour, crabbed, hard.[8]. Inharmonious, discordant, jarring.[9]. Tempestuous, boisterous, stormy.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Uneven, harsh, bristly, scabrous, rugged, knotty, unpolished, boisterous,tempestuous, stormy, coarse, craggy, gruff, crude, severe, shaggy, disordered,unrefined, uncourteous, rude, unshaped, churlish, blunt

ANT:Even, smooth, level, polished, glabrous, glossy, glassy, silky, sleek, velvety,calm, tranquil, refined, courteous, courtly, shapely, shaped, finished, oily,specious

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Definition

adj. not smooth: uneven: uncut: unpolished: unfinished: boisterous: tempestuous: violent: harsh: severe: rude: coarse: disordered in appearance: hasty as a rough guess: stale: astringent: in Greek grammar marking the stronger aspiration equivalent to Eng. h.—n. rough condition crudeness: a piece inserted in a horse's shoe to keep him from slipping: a bully a ruffian a rowdy.—v.t. to make rough: to roughen a horse's shoes to keep him from slipping: to shape roughly: to roughen.—v.i. to break the rules in boxing by too great violence.—n. Rough′age coarse material for bedding cattle &c.—adj. Rough′-billed having a rough horny excrescence on the beak.—v.t. Rough′-cast to mould in a rough unfinished way: to form anything in its first rudiments.—n. a rude model: a form in its rudiments: a kind of semi-fluid mortar containing fine gravel thrown in a thin coating on outer walls.—vs.t. Rough′-cull to cull oysters hastily; Rough′-draft -draw to trace roughly; Rough′-dry to dry without smoothing.—adj. dry without having been smoothed.—v.t. Rough′en to make rough.—v.i. to become rough.—n. Rough′er a workman who shapes something preparatory to a finishing operation: a piece of woollen cloth in preparation for fulling.—adjs. Rough′-foot′ed having feathered feet as a grouse; Rough′-grained coarse-grained.—v.t. Rough′-grind to grind roughly.—n. Rough′-head the iguanoid lizard.—v.t. Rough′-hew to hew coarsely: (Shak.) to give to anything the first appearance of form.—n. Rough′-hew′er.—p.adj. Rough′-hewn not yet nicely finished: unpolished: unrefined.—ns. Rough′-hound the dogfish: a kind of shark; Rough′ie (Scot.) dried heath; Rough′ing-mill a metal disc charged with wet emery &c. for grinding gems.—adjs. Rough′ish rather rough; Rough′-legged having legs covered with feathers.—adv. Rough′ly coarsely: harshly: rudely.—ns. Rough′ness crudeness: rawness: harshness: asperity: physical or mental rudeness: (U.S.) fodder consisting of dried corn-stalks: (Scot.) plenty esp. of food.—adj. Rough′-per′fect of an actor when nearly perfect in the memorising of a part.—ns. Rough′-rid′er one who rides rough or untrained horses: a horse-breaker; Rough′-scuff a coarse fellow: the rabble.—adj. Rough′-shod shod with roughened shoes as a horse in frosty weather.—n. Rough′-slant a shed partially enclosed for shelter.—adj. Rough′-spun rude homely.—ns. Rough′-string one of the supports for the steps of a wooden stairway; Rough′-stuff coarse paint laid on after the priming and before the finish; Rough′-tail a shield-tail snake.—adj. Rough′-tailed.—n. Rough′-wing a British moth: a rough-winged swallow.—adj. Rough′-winged.—v.t. Rough′-work to work over hastily without attention to execution in detail—also n.—Rough and ready rough in manner but prompt in action; Rough and tumble said of fighting in any style or by any means: indiscriminate confused not too particular about decorum fairness &c.; Rough diamond (see Diamond); Rough it to take what comes.—Cut up rough to become quarrelsome or violent; In the rough in an unwrought or rude condition; Ride rough-shod (see Ride).

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