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Definition of 'rough' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) rough
having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks.

2.  rough
shaggy or coarse:
a dog with a rough coat.

3.  rough
steep or uneven and covered with high grass, brush, stones, etc.; wild:
rough country.

4.  rough
acting with or characterized by violence:
a rough sport.

5.  rough
characterized by turbulence:
rough seas.

6.  rough
stormy or tempestuous, as wind or weather.

7.  rough
lacking in gentleness, care, or consideration:
rough handling.

8.  rough
sharp or harsh:
rough words.

9.  rough
unmannerly or rude.

10.  rough
disorderly or riotous:
a rough mob.

11.  rough
difficult or unpleasant:
to have a rough time of it.

12.  rough
harsh to the ear.

13.  rough
harsh to the taste.

14.  rough
coarse, as food.

15.  rough
lacking culture or refinement.

16.  rough
without comforts or conveniences:
rough camping.

17.  rough
not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished:
a rough draft.

18.  rough
approximate or tentative:
a rough guess.

19.  rough
crude, nonprocessed, or unprepared:
rough rice.

20.  rough
requiring exertion or strength:
rough manual labor.

21. (n.) rough
something that is rough, esp. rough ground.

22.  rough
any part of a golf course bordering the fairway on which the grass, weeds, etc., are not trimmed.

23.  rough
the unpleasant or difficult part of anything.

24.  rough
anything in its crude or preliminary form, as a drawing.

25. (adv.) rough
in a rough manner; roughly.

26. (v.t.) rough
to make rough; roughen.

27.  rough
to subject to physical violence (usu. fol. by up).

28.  rough
to subject to some rough, preliminary process of working or preparation.

29.  rough
to sketch roughly or in outline (often fol. by in or out).

30.  rough
to subject (a player on an opposing team) to unnecessary physical abuse, as in blocking or tackling.

31. (v.i.) rough
to become rough, as a surface.

32.  rough
to behave roughly.


Definition of 'rough' Princeton's WordNet 

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

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

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

4. (adj) approximate, approximative, rough
not quite exact or correct
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"

5. (adj) rocky, rough
full of hardship or trials
"the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

6. (adj) boisterous, fierce, rough
violently agitated and turbulent
"boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

7. (adj) grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
"a gravelly voice"

8. (adj) pugnacious, rough
ready and able to resort to force or violence
"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"

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

10. (adj) rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
"a rough ride"

11. (adj) uncut, rough
not shaped by cutting or trimming
"an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"

12. (adj) crude, rough
not carefully or expertly made
"managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"

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

14. (adj) harsh, rough
unpleasantly stern
"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

15. (verb) harsh, rough
unkind or cruel or uncivil
"had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"

16. (adverb) rough in, rough, rough out
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

17. (adverb) roughly, rough
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
"he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"

18. (adverb) roughly, rough
with rough motion as over a rough surface
"ride rough"


Definition of 'rough' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) rough
smooth
a rough road; My skin felt dry and rough.

2.  rough
(of a calculation or guess) not exact; = approximate
a rough estimate of the price; I only had a rough idea of what to do.

3.  rough
(of a situation) difficult to deal with; = tough
She had a rough childhood.

4.  rough
≠ gentle
their rough treatment of the animals

5.  rough
(of an area) full of violence
one of the roughest parts of town

6.  rough
(of the ocean) with lots of waves
a ship sailing in rough seas

7.  rough
not finished or perfected
a rough wooden carving


Definition of 'rough' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adverb) rough
in a rough manner; rudely; roughly

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

3. (noun) rough
not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road

4. (noun) rough
not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond

5. (noun) rough
tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water

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

7. (noun) rough
hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish

8. (noun) rough
not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper

9. (noun) rough
marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions

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

11. (noun) rough
austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine

12. (noun) rough
tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day

13. (noun) rough
hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught

14. (noun) rough
produced offhand

15. (noun) rough
boisterous weather

16. (noun) rough
a rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy

17. (verb) rough
to render rough; to roughen

18. (verb) rough
to break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes

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


Translation of 'rough' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: not smooth
Her skin felt rough.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: grof Arabic flag Arabic: خَشِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: груб
Brazilian flag Brazilian: áspero Czech flag Czech: drsný, hrubý German flag German: rauh
Danish flag Danish: ru Greek flag Greek: τραχύς, άγριος Spanish flag Spanish: áspero
Estonian flag Estonian: kare Farsi flag Farsi: ناهموار Finnish flag Finnish: karkea
French flag French: rugueux, rêche Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְחוּספַּס Hindi flag Hindi: खुरदरा
Croatian flag Croatian: hrapav Hungarian flag Hungarian: durva Indonesian flag Indonesian: kasar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: grófur, hrjúfur Italian flag Italian: ruvido Japanese flag Japanese: 粗い
Korean flag Korean: 거칠거칠한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šiurkštus, grubus Latvian flag Latvian: raupjš
Malay flag Malay: kasar Dutch flag Dutch: ruw Norwegian flag Norwegian: ru, knudret, ujevn
Polish flag Polish: szorstki Persian flag Persian: ناهموار Pashto flag Pashto: نا هموار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: áspero Romanian flag Romanian: aspru Russian flag Russian: шершавый
Slovak flag Slovak: drsný, hrubý Slovenian flag Slovenian: hrapav Serbian flag Serbian: grub
Swedish flag Swedish: grov, skrovlig, sträv Thai flag Thai: ขรุขระ Turkish flag Turkish: pürüzlü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 粗糙的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шершавий; грубий Urdu flag Urdu: نا ہموار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhám; ráp Chinese flag Chinese: 粗糙的

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