Rough Definition
rŭf
roughed, roughest, roughing, roughs, rougher
adjective
roughest, rougher
Not smooth or level; having bumps, projections, etc.; uneven.
A rough surface.
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Not easily traveled over or through because rocky, overgrown, wild, etc.
Rough country.
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Shaggy or bristly.
An animal with a rough coat.
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Difficult to travel over or through.
The rough terrain of the highlands.
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Characterized by violent action, motion, agitation, disturbance, or irregularity.
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noun
Rough ground.
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Rugged overgrown terrain.
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The rough part, aspect, etc. of something.
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The area of a golf hole in which the grass is left unmowed or is cut to a length longer than that of the fairway.
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Rough material or condition.
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Synonyms:
- jungle
- fog
- off the fairway
- stoniness
- brush
- weeds
- tall grass
- bumpiness
- irregularity
- rough
- unrefined
- unfinished
- unevenness
- sketch
- skeleton
verb
roughed, roughing, roughs
To become rough.
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To make rough; roughen.
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To handle or treat roughly or brutally.
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To behave roughly.
A penalty for roughing.
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To subject (an opponent) to intentional and unnecessary roughness.
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adverb
In a rough manner; roughly.
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Without shelter; outdoors.
To sleep rough.
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idiom
rough it
- To live without the usual comforts and conveniences:
roughed it in a small hunting shack.
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in the rough
- in a rough or crude state
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rough it
- to live without customary comforts and conveniences, as in camping
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Other Word Forms of Rough
Noun
Singular:
rough
Plural:
roughsAdjective
Base Form:
rough
Comparative:
rougher
Superlative:
roughestIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rough
Origin of Rough
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From Old English rÅ«h, from Proto-Germanic *rÅ«haz, cognate with West Frisian rûch (“rough"), Low Saxon (Low German) ruuch (“rough"), High German rau (“rough"), (old spelling) rauh (“rough"), Middle High German rûch (“rough"), (variants) rûhe, rûh, rouch.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English rūh
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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