Definition of rough- in English English dictionary
- roughly: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
- Harsh edges, biting, unpleasant
- crude: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and perhaps tees Example: Playing from the rough is usually, but not always, more difficult than playing from the fairway, as the longer grass makes clean contact with the ball less likely
- A hand of a particular type that will not beat many other hands of that type Often used in low games to indicate non-nut low hands with a particular high card A rough 8 in ace to five lowball could be any eight high hand other than 8432A, although 8532A isn't too rough Rough is the opposite of smooth
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and sometimes tees Example: "Playing from the rough is usually more difficult as the longer grass makes it more difficult to contact the ball cleanly "
- A thumbnail sketch, usually done on tracing paper, giving a rough idea of the size and position of design elements
- Drawing done by an animator to indicate the position and pose of the character Later, a clean-up drawing is created by referring to, or drawing directly over, the rough The cels are then created by tracing or xeroxing over these drawings
- Grass left to grow so that off-line shots are made more difficult Also called 'deep stuff'
- Rough stones or crystals are in their natural state, they are neither cut nor polished
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- Flavor/texture is coarse Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and unpleasant
- pugnacious: 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"
- rocky: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
- A sensation made up either of astringency or unbalanced bitter, or both, and not mediated by aromatic flavors
- Pertaining to a first draft from which a finished or "smooth" copy is transcribed or printed, as in the rough journal
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- The live understory and dead fuels that build up on the forest floor over time
- An unfinished layout of an ad which shows only a general conception to be presented for analysis, criticism, and approval
- Overtly tannic and acidic wines that are coarse Rough wines sometimes lose their rugged edges after maturing, while with others, such as Barbaresco, the roughness is an integral part of the wine and contributes to the balance and complexity of the wine
- Rough sketch or preliminary outline of a leaflet or advertisement; also known as scamp
- roughly: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
- Flavour or texture give no pleasure Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and coarse
- uncut: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
- Unmown, naturally wild area bordering the fairway and sometimes separating the fairway from the tee There are three basic types of rough: low rough, a narrow strip of 6-inch-high grass where the ball may be easily playable; high or deep rough, where the ball may be lost and, even if found, may be obstructed or otherwise unplayable; and dark rough, where the ball may be eaten or stolen and used as an object of worship by primitive peoples
- approximate: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
- A heavily textured paper surface produced by placing wet sheets of paper against textured blankets or air drying (or both)
- A loosely sketched graphic design idea, usually in colored pencil on tracing paper
- having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing"
- not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
- Personality of a wine excessively rich in acids and tannins
- A mineral, taken from the earth, that may become a gemstone
- A secondary coffee sensation characterized by a predominantly rasping, salty sensation on the palette or tongue Caused by the additive property of salt taste sensations
- grating: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
- boisterous: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
- The high grass area adjacent to the fairway and green
- Flavor or texture give no pleasure Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and coarse
- rough in: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- harsh: unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-ready
- crude but effective
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- highly competitive
She found fame and success in the rough-and-tumble garment district.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- Engage in rough-and-tumble activity
Although examples could be found throughout the South, rough-and-tumbling was best suited to the backwoods.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- Rough activity; fights
As for rough-and-tumbles, the Quaker saw no hope of suppressing them. Few nights passed without such fights .
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- A person who characteristically engages in such activity
This will appear a very tedious process to some of our rough-and-tumbles.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- An environment of rough activity
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-hew
- To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface
There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will - Shakespeare - Hamlet.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-hewn
- hewn roughly without a neat finish
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-leaved
- Having rough leaves; used mainly in the names of plants
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-legged buzzard
- a medium-large bird of prey
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-legged buzzards
- plural form of rough-legged buzzard
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-hewn
- {a} unfinished, unpolished, rude
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-ready
- crude but effective for the purpose at hand
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-and-tumble
- characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-cut
- {s} cut into small coarse pieces, unrefined; lacking manners or refinement; lacking delicacy
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-cut
- of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-cut
- {i} film that has not yet been fully edited
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-cut
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-dry
- dry without smoothing or ironing; "rough-dry the laundry
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-dry
- dry without smoothing or ironing; "rough-dry the laundry"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-hew
- hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-hewn
- Rough-hewn wood or stone has been cut into a shape but has not yet been smoothed or finished off. It is a rough-hewn carving of a cat's head. rough-hewn wood or stone has been cut without much care and its surface is not yet smooth
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-house
- treat in a rough or boisterous manner
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-in
- Installation of the drain, vent, and supply lines in the structure prior to installation of the fixtures Back to alphabetical list
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-in
- Installing the boxes, cables, and making "in-wall" connections while the walls are still open Later, final connections are made and the devices and appliances are installed during the trim-out
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-in
- A term that refers to the installation of basic plumbing, electrical venting, or similar systems that can be completed prior to the installation of the fixtures
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-in
- The installation of plumbing, electrical and other mechanical systems
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-in
- For toilets, the rough-in refers to the distance from the finished wall or floor to the center of the waste or supply opening or mounting holes on the fixture Setting the rough-in distance is part of the roughing-in process The process is one of preparing for plumbing fixtures and fittings by installing supply and drain lines, and positioning inlets and outlets in the appropriate locations for the fixtures and fittings This is typically done before the walls and floors are finished
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-in
- The portion of a plumbing installation that includes running the water supply lines and drain, waste & vent lines to the proposed location of each fixture
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-leaved aster
- a variety of aster
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-legged hawk
- large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-sand
- sand roughly; "rough-sand the door before painting it
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-skinned newt
- newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-spoken
- rude or uncouth in speech
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>-stemmed goldenrod
- a variety of goldenrod
- bit of <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- a sexual partner (typically male) of a lower social class
- diamond in the <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- An uncut diamond
- diamond in the <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance
That auto mechanic is a diamond in the rough, tough-talking, but honest, even generous.
- diamonds in the <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- plural form of diamond in the rough
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Turbulent
The sea was rough.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Difficult; trying
Being a teenager these days can be rough.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- The unmowed part of a golf course
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Approximate
A rough estimate.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven
The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific
The gangsters roughed him up a little.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Violent; not careful or subtle
This box has been through some rough handling.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A crude person
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- To create in an approximate form
Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Crude; unrefined
His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> and ready
- crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough
The plan is a bit rough and ready in places, but I think it'll still work.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> and tumble
- engage in rough-and-tumble activity
Daddy holds, hugs, kisses, and caresses his young daughter but he rough and tumbles, throws around, and mock fights with his little son.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> and tumble
- Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble
Everyone fought in these rough and tumbles for the mastery of what was to become one of the world's largest industries.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> and tumbles
- plural form of rough and tumble
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> and tumbles
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rough and tumble
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> around the edges
- In need of refinement; unsophisticated
His writing is appealing, but a bit rough around the edges.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> breathing
- The sound equivalent to an initial "h" before a vowel or an "r" in Ancient Greek
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> breathing
- The mark used to indicate the occurrence of the sound
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> diamond
- Alternative form of diamond in the rough
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> fish
- fish used for bait or for food
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> horsetail
- A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum hyemale
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> horsetails
- plural form of rough horsetail
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> out
- to produce (a plan, diagram etc.) in rough
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> riding
- to have hardcore sex
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> sledding
- A difficult period of time
Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding. - , 2007.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> trade
- violent or brutal sexuality
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> trot
- A series of difficult circumstances
Fred is experiencing a rough trot.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> up
- To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> up
- to manhandle or beat up
- <span class="word-self">roughspan> up the bullpen
- In baseball, the act of the offensive team being able to easily hit pitching by the starting and relief pitchers of the opposing team, despite the types of pitches thrown or the skill of the pitchers
The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- {a} rugged, uneven, harsh, severe, stormy
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- {a} row
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- {a} asper
- be <span class="word-self">roughspan> around the edges
- (deyim) if a person is rough around the edges, they are not very polite, educated etc
- have <span class="word-self">roughspan> edges
- (deyim) to have some parts that are not as good as they should be, but that are not a serious problem: 'The team has a few rough edges, but they’re winning more games.'
- have <span class="word-self">roughspan> edges
- (deyim) if a person is rough around the edges, they are not very polite, educated etc
- live <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Live outdoors as a result of being homeless
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Personality of a wine excessively rich in acids and tannins
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- If you give someone a rough idea, description, or drawing of something, you indicate only the most important features, without much detail. I've got a rough idea of what he looks like + roughly rough·ly He knew roughly what was about to be said Roughly speaking, a scientific humanist is somebody who believes in science and in humanity but not in God
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; said of a piece of land, or of a road
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- {f} coarsen, become rough; behave violently; prepare in preliminary form, sketch
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- {s} harsh, severe; coarse, having a jagged or uneven surface; unrefined, raw, crude; approximate; undefined, unclear
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A secondary coffee sensation characterized by a predominantly rasping, salty sensation on the palette or tongue Caused by the additive property of salt taste sensations
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- The live understory and dead fuels that build up on the forest floor over time
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Flavor/texture is coarse Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and unpleasant
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- 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"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Rough stones or crystals are in their natural state, they are neither cut nor polished
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A hand of a particular type that will not beat many other hands of that type Often used in low games to indicate non-nut low hands with a particular high card A rough 8 in ace to five lowball could be any eight high hand other than 8432A, although 8532A isn't too rough Rough is the opposite of smooth
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing" of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Flavor or texture give no pleasure Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and coarse
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- in a rough manner; rudely, vulgarly; without attention to detail or accuracy
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Rough sketch or preliminary outline of a leaflet or advertisement; also known as scamp
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- You say that people or their actions are rough when they use too much force and not enough care or gentleness. Rugby's a rough game at the best of times gentle + roughly rough·ly A hand roughly pushed him aside. + roughness rough·ness He regretted his roughness
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- If a surface is rough, it is uneven and not smooth. His hands were rough and calloused, from years of karate practice smooth + roughness rough·ness She rested her cheek against the roughness of his jacket
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Unmown, naturally wild area bordering the fairway and sometimes separating the fairway from the tee There are three basic types of rough: low rough, a narrow strip of 6-inch-high grass where the ball may be easily playable; high or deep rough, where the ball may be lost and, even if found, may be obstructed or otherwise unplayable; and dark rough, where the ball may be eaten or stolen and used as an object of worship by primitive peoples
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- If you say that someone has had a rough time, you mean that they have had some difficult or unpleasant experiences. All women have a rough time in our society = tough
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowlers feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A heavily textured paper surface produced by placing wet sheets of paper against textured blankets or air drying (or both)
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A loosely sketched graphic design idea, usually in colored pencil on tracing paper
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- An unfinished layout of an ad which shows only a general conception to be presented for analysis, criticism, and approval
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Overtly tannic and acidic wines that are coarse Rough wines sometimes lose their rugged edges after maturing, while with others, such as Barbaresco, the roughness is an integral part of the wine and contributes to the balance and complexity of the wine
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home. It makes me so sad when I see young people begging or sleeping rough on the streets
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- To render rough; to roughen
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A sensation made up either of astringency or unbalanced bitter, or both, and not mediated by aromatic flavors
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Flavour or texture give no pleasure Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and coarse
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A rough calculation or guess is approximately correct, but not exact. We were only able to make a rough estimate of how much fuel would be required = approximate + roughly rough·ly Gambling and tourism pay roughly half the entire state budget = approximately
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and sometimes tees Example: "Playing from the rough is usually more difficult as the longer grass makes it more difficult to contact the ball cleanly "
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Produced offhand
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Not polished; uncut; said of a gem; as, a rough diamond
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- If you have to rough it, you have to live without the possessions and comforts that you normally have. You won't be roughing it; each room comes equipped with a telephone and a 3-channel radio
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- {i} unpleasant or difficult aspect; draft, work still in the preliminary stages; uneven rocky terrain; hoodlum, ruffian (British)
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; said of a sea or other piece of water
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Drawing done by an animator to indicate the position and pose of the character Later, a clean-up drawing is created by referring to, or drawing directly over, the rough The cels are then created by tracing or xeroxing over these drawings
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Grass left to grow so that off-line shots are made more difficult Also called 'deep stuff'
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- rough justice: see justice
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A mineral, taken from the earth, that may become a gemstone
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A rough area, city, school, or other place is unpleasant and dangerous because there is a lot of violence or crime there. It was quite a rough part of our town
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- The high grass area adjacent to the fairway and green
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- A thumbnail sketch, usually done on tracing paper, giving a rough idea of the size and position of design elements
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- If you feel rough, you feel ill. The virus won't go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- If the sea or the weather at sea is rough, the weather is windy or stormy and there are very big waves. A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas. calm
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- In a rough manner; rudely; roughly
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and perhaps tees Example: Playing from the rough is usually, but not always, more difficult than playing from the fairway, as the longer grass makes clean contact with the ball less likely
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Harsh edges, biting, unpleasant
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- You can say that something is rough when it is not neat and well made. a rough wooden table. + roughly rough·ly Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the casserole
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Boisterous weather
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- Pertaining to a first draft from which a finished or "smooth" copy is transcribed or printed, as in the rough journal
- <span class="word-self">roughspan>
- ruff