Definition of rough in English English dictionary
- To create in an approximate form
Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created
- Crude; unrefined
His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.
- To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific
The gangsters roughed him up a little.
- A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce
- Violent; not careful or subtle
This box has been through some rough handling.
- Turbulent
The sea was rough.
- A crude person
- Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven
The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.
- Approximate
A rough estimate.
- Difficult; trying
Being a teenager these days can be rough.
- The unmowed part of a golf course
- {a} rugged, uneven, harsh, severe, stormy
- In a rough manner; rudely; roughly
- Not polished; uncut; said of a gem; as, a rough diamond
- Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; said of a sea or other piece of water
- You can say that something is rough when it is not neat and well made. a rough wooden table. + roughly rough·ly Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the casserole
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- Boisterous weather
- Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish
- If you have to rough it, you have to live without the possessions and comforts that you normally have. You won't be roughing it; each room comes equipped with a telephone and a 3-channel radio
- not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
- Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions
- Produced offhand
- Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and sometimes tees Example: "Playing from the rough is usually more difficult as the longer grass makes it more difficult to contact the ball cleanly "
- A rough calculation or guess is approximately correct, but not exact. We were only able to make a rough estimate of how much fuel would be required = approximate + roughly rough·ly Gambling and tourism pay roughly half the entire state budget = approximately
- Pertaining to a first draft from which a finished or "smooth" copy is transcribed or printed, as in the rough journal
- If you give someone a rough idea, description, or drawing of something, you indicate only the most important features, without much detail. I've got a rough idea of what he looks like + roughly rough·ly He knew roughly what was about to be said Roughly speaking, a scientific humanist is somebody who believes in science and in humanity but not in God
- Flavour or texture give no pleasure Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and coarse
- Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine
- Drawing done by an animator to indicate the position and pose of the character Later, a clean-up drawing is created by referring to, or drawing directly over, the rough The cels are then created by tracing or xeroxing over these drawings
- unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
- To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch
- If the sea or the weather at sea is rough, the weather is windy or stormy and there are very big waves. A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas. calm
- If you feel rough, you feel ill. The virus won't go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough
- A thumbnail sketch, usually done on tracing paper, giving a rough idea of the size and position of design elements
- Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day
- The high grass area adjacent to the fairway and green
- A rough area, city, school, or other place is unpleasant and dangerous because there is a lot of violence or crime there. It was quite a rough part of our town
- with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
- A mineral, taken from the earth, that may become a gemstone
- rough justice: see justice
- A sensation made up either of astringency or unbalanced bitter, or both, and not mediated by aromatic flavors
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and perhaps tees Example: Playing from the rough is usually, but not always, more difficult than playing from the fairway, as the longer grass makes clean contact with the ball less likely
- Grass left to grow so that off-line shots are made more difficult Also called 'deep stuff'
- Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth
- Harsh edges, biting, unpleasant
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
- Personality of a wine excessively rich in acids and tannins
- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
- A hand of a particular type that will not beat many other hands of that type Often used in low games to indicate non-nut low hands with a particular high card A rough 8 in ace to five lowball could be any eight high hand other than 8432A, although 8532A isn't too rough Rough is the opposite of smooth
- not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
- Rough stones or crystals are in their natural state, they are neither cut nor polished
- full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
- not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
- having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing"
- Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat
- ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing" of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- Flavor/texture is coarse Acidity and/or tannin are predominant and unpleasant
- The live understory and dead fuels that build up on the forest floor over time
- A secondary coffee sensation characterized by a predominantly rasping, salty sensation on the palette or tongue Caused by the additive property of salt taste sensations
- {s} harsh, severe; coarse, having a jagged or uneven surface; unrefined, raw, crude; approximate; undefined, unclear
- {f} coarsen, become rough; behave violently; prepare in preliminary form, sketch
- Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; said of a piece of land, or of a road
- To render rough; to roughen
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers
- rough and ready
- crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough
The plan is a bit rough and ready in places, but I think it'll still work.
- rough and tumble
- engage in rough-and-tumble activity
Daddy holds, hugs, kisses, and caresses his young daughter but he rough and tumbles, throws around, and mock fights with his little son.
- rough and tumble
- Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble
Everyone fought in these rough and tumbles for the mastery of what was to become one of the world's largest industries.
- rough and tumbles
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rough and tumble
- rough and tumbles
- plural form of rough and tumble
- rough around the edges
- In need of refinement; unsophisticated
His writing is appealing, but a bit rough around the edges.
- rough breathing
- The sound equivalent to an initial "h" before a vowel or an "r" in Ancient Greek
- rough breathing
- The mark used to indicate the occurrence of the sound
- rough diamond
- Alternative form of diamond in the rough
- rough fish
- fish used for bait or for food
- rough horsetail
- A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum hyemale
- rough horsetails
- plural form of rough horsetail
- rough out
- to produce (a plan, diagram etc.) in rough
- rough riding
- to have hardcore sex
- rough sledding
- A difficult period of time
Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding. - , 2007.
- rough trade
- violent or brutal sexuality
- rough trot
- A series of difficult circumstances
Fred is experiencing a rough trot.
- rough up
- to manhandle or beat up
- rough up
- To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)
- rough up the bullpen
- In baseball, the act of the offensive team being able to easily hit pitching by the starting and relief pitchers of the opposing team, despite the types of pitches thrown or the skill of the pitchers
The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.
- rough-and-ready
- crude but effective
- rough-and-tumble
- Rough activity; fights
As for rough-and-tumbles, the Quaker saw no hope of suppressing them. Few nights passed without such fights .
- rough-and-tumble
- An environment of rough activity
- rough-and-tumble
- Engage in rough-and-tumble activity
Although examples could be found throughout the South, rough-and-tumbling was best suited to the backwoods.
- rough-and-tumble
- A person who characteristically engages in such activity
This will appear a very tedious process to some of our rough-and-tumbles.
- rough-and-tumble
- active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm
- rough-and-tumble
- highly competitive
She found fame and success in the rough-and-tumble garment district.
- rough-hew
- To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface
There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will - Shakespeare - Hamlet.
- rough-hewn
- hewn roughly without a neat finish
- rough-leaved
- Having rough leaves; used mainly in the names of plants
- rough-legged buzzard
- a medium-large bird of prey
- rough-legged buzzards
- plural form of rough-legged buzzard
- rough-hewn
- {a} unfinished, unpolished, rude
- rough cut
- A preliminary arrangement of film or tape shots that are roughly edited together without voice-over or music to serve purpose in the early stages of editing
- rough cut capacity planning
- (Ticaret) (RCCP) A high-level capacity planning system often developed at the family level that provides an overall check of critical resources and verifies the feasibility of the master production schedule and sales and operations plan. It uses a bill of resource for items or families that specifies the requirements for key resources only, as opposed to all operations as done on the routing. Resource requirements from the S&OP and suggested MPS are compared to availability, on an overall weekly or monthly basis, and indicate projected over and under capacity situations that could impact the successful completion of the plan
- rough-
- longer grass adjacent to the fairways, greens and perhaps tees Example: Playing from the rough is usually, but not always, more difficult than playing from the fairway, as the longer grass makes clean contact with the ball less likely
- rough-
- Harsh edges, biting, unpleasant
- rough-
- crude: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
- rough-
- roughly: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
- rough-
- A hand of a particular type that will not beat many other hands of that type Often used in low games to indicate non-nut low hands with a particular high card A rough 8 in ace to five lowball could be any eight high hand other than 8432A, although 8532A isn't too rough Rough is the opposite of smooth
- rough-cut
- {s} cut into small coarse pieces, unrefined; lacking manners or refinement; lacking delicacy
- rough-hew
- hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber
- rough-in
- Installing the boxes, cables, and making "in-wall" connections while the walls are still open Later, final connections are made and the devices and appliances are installed during the trim-out
- rough-in
- Installation of the drain, vent, and supply lines in the structure prior to installation of the fixtures Back to alphabetical list
- rough-sand
- sand roughly; "rough-sand the door before painting it
- roughly
- Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely
- roughly
- Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately
- roughness
- The property of being rough, coarseness
The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.
- roughly
- {a} ruggedly, harshly, rudely, ill
- roughness
- {a} unevenness, harshness, severity
- rough cut
- A cut taken on a drum or rotor for the purpose of removing large amounts of material without concern for resulting surface finish This cut is taken at the highest possible feed rate A rough cut is always followed by a finish cut
- rough cut
- Lumber that has not been dressed (surfaced) but which as been sawn, edged, and trimmed to at least show saw marks in the wood on the four longitudinal surfaces of each piece for its overall length
- rough cut
- An EDMing operation with high metal removal rates at rougher finishes
- rough cut
- The horizontal measurement from the face of one riser to the face of the next riser This is also the depth of the tread without the nosing
- rough cut
- Preliminary edit of raw footage to establish tentative sequence, length approximate sequence and content of the eventual video program
- rough cut
- the preliminary edited version of the workprint See also fine cut
- rough cut
- the first print of a movie before after preliminary editing
- rough cut
- an early version of the edit
- rough in
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- rough out
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- rough up
- treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect
- rough up
- deal with in a violent manner; harm someone by treating them in a physically aggressive manner
- rough up
- treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect"
- roughed
- past of rough
- rougher
- comparative of rough
- roughest
- superlative of rough
- roughing
- a minor penalty which occurs when a fight between players is more of a pushing and shoving match; a less severe penalty than fighting
- roughing
- A violation called when in the referee's judgement, a player's actions are unnecessarily rough The result of the call is one or two minor penalties
- roughing
- present participle of rough
- roughing
- A personal foul with a 15 yard penalty Called when a player illegally contacts another player, as in roughing the punter, when a player tackles the punter without touching the ball, or roughing the passer, where a defensive player attempts to tackle the quarterback after the ball has been thrown
- roughing
- An act of excessive roughness against an opponent, often rather minor violence that stops short of fighting; incurs a minor penalty
- roughing
- An operation where a part is rough-machined by horizontal planes
- roughing
- A penalty called when a player shoves another player or is involved in a minor altercation
- roughing
- A minor penalty called for unnecessary roughness on the ice
- roughly
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
- roughly
- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough
- roughly
- approximately; inaccurate but close to correct (of quantities); in unrefined way; crudely, in an unskilled manner; violently, with a lack of gentleness
- roughly
- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
- roughly
- with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough
- roughly
- In a rough manner
- roughly
- In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely
- roughly
- with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
- roughness
- The geometrical detail of a solid surface, relating particularly to variations in height
- roughness
- That in general means the regular or irregular, slight geometrical deviation from a smooth surface condition
- roughness
- The root mean squared (RMS) microfacet slope of a Gaussian surface This is equal to the standard deviation of the surface height over the autocorrelation distance of this deviation In the anisotropic material model used in Radiance, this quantity may be given a directional component
- roughness
- a texture that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- roughness
- harsh or rough to the ear
- roughness
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- roughness
- A lack of smoothness to the paperboard surface SBS is smoothest, SUS is next and recycled is the roughest (See Smoothness )
- roughness
- {i} harshness, severity; coarseness, state of having an uneven surface; crudeness, state of being unrefined
- roughness
- The quality or state of being rough
- roughness
- The dullness of an object (it represents the size of the reflecting zone)
- roughness
- rowdy behavior
- roughness
- The finer irregularities of the surface texture; usually including irregularities resulting from the production process
- roughness
- a way of quantifying the degree of drag on flowing water by a surface Most commonly expressed as a dimensionless Manning's number
- roughness
- an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
- roughness
- used of the sea
- roughness
- Variation of surface height within an imaged resolution cell A surface appears "rough" to microwave illumination when the height variations become larger than a fraction of the radar wavelength The fraction is qualitative, but may be shown to decrease with incidence angle
- roughs
- plural of , rough
- roughs
- third-person singular of rough