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What (who) is rough - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Roughs; Rough (disambiguation)
Rough
·noun Produced offhand.
II. Rough ·noun Boisterous weather.
III. Rough ·adv In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
IV. Rough ·noun A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
V. Rough ·noun Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
VII. Rough ·noun Not polished; uncut;
- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
VIII. Rough ·vt To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
IX. Rough ·noun Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
X. Rough ·noun Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
XI. Rough ·noun Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
XII. Rough ·noun Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
XIII. Rough ·noun Tossed in waves; boisterous; high;
- said of a sea or other piece of water.
XIV. Rough ·noun Not level; having a broken surface; uneven;
- said of a piece of land, or of a road.
XV. Rough ·vt To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner;
- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.
XVI. Rough ·noun Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
XVII. Rough ·noun Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered;
- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.
XVIII. Rough ·noun Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating;
- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.
XIX. Rough ·noun Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
rough
¦ adjective
1. having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.
2. not gentle; violent or boisterous: rough treatment.
(of weather or the sea) wild and stormy.
3. not finished tidily; plain and basic.
unsophisticated or unrefined.
4. not detailed or fully worked out: a rough draft of his new novel.
not precise; approximate: a rough guess.
5. (of a voice) harsh.
(of wine or another alcoholic drink) sharp or harsh in taste.
6. informal difficult and unpleasant.
¦ noun
1. chiefly Brit. a disreputable and violent person.
2. (on a golf course) the area of longer grass around the fairway and the green.
3. a preliminary sketch.
4. an uncut precious stone.
¦ verb
1. work or shape in a rough, preliminary fashion.
2. make uneven.
3. (rough it) informal live in discomfort with only basic necessities.
4. (rough someone up) informal beat someone up.
Phrases
bit of rough informal a male sexual partner whose toughness or lack of sophistication is a source of attraction.
in the rough
1. in a natural state; untreated or undecorated.
2. in difficulties.
rough and ready imprecise but effective.
?unsophisticated or unrefined.
the rough edge (or side) of one's tongue a scolding.
rough edges small imperfections.
rough justice treatment that is not scrupulously fair or in accordance with the law.
sleep rough Brit. sleep in uncomfortable conditions, typically out of doors.
take the rough with the smooth accept the unpleasant aspects of life as well as the good.
Derivatives
roughish adjective
roughness noun
Origin
OE ru?h, of W. Gmc origin.
rough
I
adj. (colloq.)
not gentle
1) rough on (you've been pretty rough on the children)
difficult
2) rough to + inf. (it's rough to work at night = it's rough working at night)
3) (misc.) it was rough on him, losing his job like that
II
n.
unpolished condition
in the rough (a diamond in the rough)
Wikipedia
Rough
Rough may refer to:
- Roughness (disambiguation)
- Rough (golf), the area outside the fairway on a golf course
Examples of use of rough
1. "It‘s rough, it‘s rough," he said, talking about the ordeal.
2. "It was during Rough Trades rough patch," says House.
3. "It was during Rough Trade‘s rough patch," says House.
4. "A rough week or two added on a rough shrimp season," he said.
5. ROUGH CAMPAIGN Busby and Bilbray battered each other on immigration in what became a rough campaign.