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adjective. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth.

adjective. Coarse or shaggy to the touch.

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adjective. Difficult to travel over or through.

adjective. Characterized by violent motion; turbulent.

adjective. Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather.

adjective. Unpleasant or difficult.

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adjective. Characterized by or done with violence or forcefulness.

adjective. Boisterous, disorderly, or given to violence.

adjective. Characterized by violence or crime.

adjective. Lacking polish or finesse.

adjective. Harsh to the ear.

adjective. Being in a natural state.

adjective. Not perfected, completed, or fully detailed.

noun. The surface or part of something that is uneven or coarse.

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noun. Rugged overgrown terrain.

noun. 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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noun. A disorderly, unrefined, or unfinished state.

noun. A difficult or disagreeable aspect or condition of something.

noun. A person given to violent or disorderly behavior; a rowdy.

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transitive verb. To treat roughly or with physical violence.

transitive verb. To treat (an opposing player) with unnecessary roughness, often in violation of the rules.

transitive verb. To prepare or indicate in an unfinished form.

adverb. In a rough manner; roughly.

idiom. (rough it) To live without the usual comforts and conveniences.

To make rough; give a rough condition or appearance to; roughen: as, to rough a horse's shoes to prevent slipping.

To execute or shape out roughly; finish partially or in the rough; prepare for a finishing operation: as, to rough out building-stones.

To break in a horse, especially for military use.

To behave roughly; specifically, to break the rules in boxing by too much roughness.

noun. A rowdy; a ruffian; a rude, coarse fellow; one given to riotous violence; a bully.

noun. [In a foot-note Scaramelli is quoted to the effect that the word signifies in English “persona bassa e vile.”]

A bad spelling of ruff.

In hat-manuf., to compact (the felt) by moisture, heat, and pressure.

To expose to winter weather, as cattle; permit to run at large during the winter.

Roughly; in a coarse, crude, or harsh manner.

Not smooth to the touch or to the sight; uneven, from projections, ridges, wrinkles, or the like; broken in outline or continuity by protruding points or lines, irregularities, or obstructions; shaggy: as, a rough surface of any kind; rough land; a rough road; rough cloth.

Not smoothed or formed by art; existing or left in a natural or an incomplete state; crude; unwrought; uneven; untrimmed: as, the rough materials of manufacture.

Rugged in form, outline, or appearance; harsh or unpleasing to the eye; irregular.

Crudely done or considered; indefinitely approximate; vague; partial; careless; hasty: as, to make a rough estimate or calculation; at a rough guess.

Characterized by harshness or asperity; disagreeably severe or coarse; discordant: used of things and actions with reference to their effects upon the senses or feelings, actions, sounds, etc.: as, rough weather; a rough remedy; rough treatment.

Lacking refinement; rude in character or action; unpolished; untrained; uncouth; awkward: as, rough kindness or attendance; a rough backwoodsman.

Characterized by violent or disorderly action or movement; rudely agitated or disturbed; boisterously violent; unrestrained: as, rough water; rough play.

Coarse; stale: as, rough bread; rough fish.

Astringent: said of wines or other beverages: as, a rough claret.

In botany, same as scabrous.