rough
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- n the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- v prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- a having or caused by an irregular surface
trees with rough bark
rough ground
rough skin
rough blankets - s (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
she was a diamond in the rough
rough manners - s not quite exact or correct
a rough guess - s full of hardship or trials
they were having a rough time - s violently agitated and turbulent
rough weather
rough seas - s unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- s ready and able to resort to force or violence
they were rough and determined fighting men - a of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- a causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
a rough ride - a not shaped by cutting or trimming
rough gemstones - s not carefully or expertly made
rough carpentry - s not perfected
a rough draft
a few rough sketches - s unpleasantly stern
the nomad life is rough and hazardous - s unkind or cruel or uncivil
a rough answer - r with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
he was pushed roughly aside
they treated him rough - r with rough motion as over a rough surface
ride rough
- It's been a rough year for Jehuda Reinharz, not least because of the uproar over his school's proposal to sell off part of its art collection.
- Before the game, the raucous clamor of the hockey arena echoes through the cold concrete passages leading to the locker room.
- When killers blame erotic impulses, does rough justice result?.