Definition (noun) the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Definition (verb) prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Definition (adj) having or caused by an irregular surface
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trees with rough bark
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rough ground
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rough skin
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rough blankets
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his unsmooth face
Definition (adj) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
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she was a diamond in the rough
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rough manners
Definition (adj) not quite exact or correct
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the approximate time was 10 o'clock
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a rough guess
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a ballpark estimate
Definition (adj) full of hardship or trials
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the rocky road to success
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they were having a rough time
Definition (adj) violently agitated and turbulent
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boisterous winds and waves
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the fierce thunders roar me their music
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rough weather
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rough seas
Definition (adj) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Definition (adj) ready and able to resort to force or violence
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pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance
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they were rough and determined fighting men
Definition (adj) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
Definition (adj) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Definition (adj) not shaped by cutting or trimming
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an uncut diamond
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rough gemstones
Definition (adj) not carefully or expertly made
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managed to make a crude splint
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a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
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rough carpentry
Definition (adj) not perfected
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a rough draft
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a few rough sketches
Definition (adj) unpleasantly stern
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wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
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the nomad life is rough and hazardous
Definition (adj) unkind or cruel or uncivil
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had harsh words
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a harsh and unlovable old tyrant
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a rough answer
Definition (adv) with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
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he was pushed roughly aside
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they treated him rough
Definition (adv) with rough motion as over a rough surface