Definitions for rough
rʌfrough

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. roughadjective

   the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

2. rough, unsmoothadjective

   having or caused by an irregular surface

   "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

3. roughadjective

   (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

   "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

4. approximate, approximative, roughadjective

   not quite exact or correct

   "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"

5. rocky, roughadjective

   full of hardship or trials

   "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

6. boisterous, fierce, roughadjective

   violently agitated and turbulent

   "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

7. grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchyadjective

   unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

   "a gravelly voice"

8. pugnacious, roughadjective

   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. roughadjective

   of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

10. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpyadjective

    causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

    "a rough ride"

11. uncut, roughadjective

    not shaped by cutting or trimming

    "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"

12. crude, roughadjective

    not carefully or expertly made

    "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"

13. roughadjective

    not perfected

    "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"

14. harsh, roughadjective

    unpleasantly stern

    "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

15. harsh, roughverb

    unkind or cruel or uncivil

    "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"

16. rough in, rough, rough outadverb

    prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

17. roughly, roughadverb

    with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

    "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"

18. roughly, roughadverb

    with rough motion as over a rough surface

    "ride rough"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. roughnoun

   The unmowed part of a golf course.

2. roughnoun

   A crude person.

3. roughnoun

   A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.

4. roughnoun

   The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.

5. roughnoun

   A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.

6. roughverb

   To create in an approximate form.

   Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.

7. roughverb

   To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific.

   The gangsters roughed him up a little.

8. roughverb

   To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.

9. roughadjective

   Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.

10. roughadjective

    Approximate.

    A rough estimate.

11. roughadjective

    Turbulent.

    The sea was rough.

12. roughadjective

    Difficult; trying.

    Being a teenager these days can be rough.

13. roughadjective

    Crude; unrefined

    His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.

14. roughadjective

    Violent; not careful or subtle

    This box has been through some rough handling.

15. Etymology: From ruh, cognate with West Frisian rûch, Low German rug.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Roughnoun

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

2. Roughnoun

   not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road

3. Roughnoun

   not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond

4. Roughnoun

   tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water

5. Roughnoun

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

6. Roughnoun

   hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish

7. Roughnoun

   not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper

8. Roughnoun

   marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions

9. Roughnoun

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

10. Roughnoun

    austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine

11. Roughnoun

    tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day

12. Roughnoun

    hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught

13. Roughnoun

    produced offhand

14. Roughnoun

    boisterous weather

15. Roughnoun

    a rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy

16. Roughadverb

    in a rough manner; rudely; roughly

17. Roughverb

    to render rough; to roughen

18. Roughverb

    to break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes

19. Roughverb

    to cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch

20. Etymology: [OE. rou, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. rh; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. rh, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. 18. Cf. Rug, n.]

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1. Rough

   Rough is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho. The story is about high school student Keisuke Yamato, a 100 m freestyle swimmer, and Ami Ninomiya, the diver he falls in love with. Their families own rival confectionery stores, and Ami hates Keisuke's family because she believes her grandfather was driven to an early death because of the Yamato "horned owl" manju, which outsold her family's owl manju because it had ears, making it larger.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rough

   ruf, 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). [A.S. rúh, rough; Ger. rauch, rauh, Dut. ruig.]

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   Rank popularity for the word 'rough' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2032

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   Rank popularity for the word 'rough' in Adjectives Frequency: #390

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rough in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rough in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rough in a Sentence

1. Lorne Baring:

   Europe's main indices are attractively valued on a price-to-earnings basis, and with no shocks in the peak period of earnings reporting season in the U.S., it appears that equity investors may have found a base to build upon after the rout in August and September, easy monetary conditions are clearly going to remain for some time and that is also bolstering sentiment at the moment. We would expect further gains after a rough period for global investors.

2. Raymond James:

   Barring some sort of second half of year recovery in oil prices it's going to be a very rough year in the patch.

3. Shinichiro Kadota:

   It's difficult to quantify how much the currency market has factored in the possibility of Greece missing the June 5 repayment deadline, greek debt yields provide only a rough guide, and although a missed deadline will not spell default, market concern remains high.

4. Elijah EJayy DeVaughn:

   It was a struggle. It was rough.

5. Stephanie Faubion:

   Women who are having a rough time during menopause with lots of hot flashes need to say,' You know what -- could this be a little more than just a nuisance ?' we used to think of hot flashes as transient and benign, but we're finding out now that they're neither.

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