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| Noun | 1. | rough - the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut shortgolf course, links course - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf |
| Verb | 1. | rough - prepare in preliminary or sketchy form prepare - to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" |
| Adj. | 1. | rough - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain" unironed, wrinkled - (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans" unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes" irregular - contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices" coarse, harsh - of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" nonslippery - not slippery; not likely to slip or skid smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" |
| 2. | rough - (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?" | |
| 3. | rough - not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"inexact - not exact | |
| 4. | rough - full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" | |
| 5. | rough - violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" | |
| 6. | rough - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten | |
| 7. | rough - 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" aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" | |
| 8. | rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth | |
| 9. | rough - causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" smooth - of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; "a smooth ride" | |
| 10. | rough - not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" | |
| 11. | rough - not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" | |
| 12. | rough - not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes" | |
| 13. | rough - unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" | |
| 14. | rough - unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" unkind - lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" | |
| Adv. | 1. | rough - with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
| 2. | rough - with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" |