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'Rough'

[rough.n.01] as in: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

'Rough'

[rough_in.v.01] as in: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

'Rough'

[rough.a.01] as in: having or caused by an irregular surface

Examples:
trees with rough bark
rough ground
rough skin
rough blankets
his unsmooth face

'Rough'

[rough.s.01] as in: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

Examples:
she was a diamond in the rough
rough manners

'Rough'

[approximate.s.01] as in: not quite exact or correct

Examples:
the approximate time was 10 o'clock
a rough guess
a ballpark estimate

'Rough'

[rocky.s.03] as in: full of hardship or trials

Examples:
the rocky road to success
they were having a rough time

'Rough'

[boisterous.s.03] as in: violently agitated and turbulent; ; - Ezra Pound

Examples:
boisterous winds and waves
the fierce thunders roar me their music
rough weather
rough seas

'Rough'

[grating.s.01] as in: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Examples:
a gravelly voice

'Rough'

[pugnacious.s.02] as in: ready and able to resort to force or violence; - Herman Melville

Examples:
pugnacious spirits...lamented

that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance
they were rough and determined fighting men

'Rough'

[rough.a.08] as in: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

'Rough'

[rough.a.09] as in: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

Examples:
a rough ride

'Rough'

[uncut.a.03] as in: not shaped by cutting or trimming

Examples:
an uncut diamond
rough gemstones

'Rough'

[crude.s.01] as in: not carefully or expertly made

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

'Rough'

[rough.s.08] as in: not perfected

Examples:
a rough draft
a few rough sketches

'Rough'

[harsh.s.01] as in: unpleasantly stern

Examples:
wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
the nomad life is rough and hazardous

'Rough'

[harsh.s.03] as in: unkind or cruel or uncivil

Examples:
had harsh words
a harsh and unlovable old tyrant
a rough answer

'Rough'

[roughly.r.02] as in: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

Examples:
he was pushed roughly aside
they treated him rough

'Rough'

[roughly.r.03] as in: with rough motion as over a rough surface

Examples:
ride rough