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(a)
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
"
(a)
of
the
margin
of
a
leaf
shape
;
having
the
edge
cut
or
fringed
or
scalloped
(a)
not
shaped
by
cutting
or
trimming
; "
an
uncut
diamond
"; "
rough
gemstones
"
(n)
the
part
of
a
golf
course
bordering
the
fairway
where
the
grass
is
not
cut
short
(r)
with
roughness
or
violence
(`
rough
''
is
an
informal
variant
for
`
roughly
''); "
he
was
pushed
roughly
aside
"; "
they
treated
him
rough
"
(r)
with
rough
motion
as
over
a
rough
surface
; "
ride
rough
"
(s) (
of
persons
or
behavior
)
lacking
refinement
or
finesse
; "
she
was
a
diamond
in
the
rough
"; "
rough
manners
"
(s)
not
quite
exact
or
correct
; "
the
approximate
time
was
10
o
''
clock
"; "
a
rough
guess
"; "
a
ballpark
estimate
"
(s)
full
of
hardship
or
trials
; "
the
rocky
road
to
success
"; "
they
were
having
a
rough
time
"
(s)
violently
agitated
and
turbulent
; "
boisterous
winds
and
waves
"; "
the
fierce
thunders
roar
me
their
music
"-
Ezra
Pound
; "
rough
weather
"; "
rough
seas
"
(s)
unpleasantly
harsh
or
grating
in
sound
; "
a
gravelly
voice
"
(s)
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
"
(s)
not
carefully
or
expertly
made
; "
managed
to
make
a
crude
splint
"; "
a
crude
cabin
of
logs
with
bark
still
on
them
"; "
rough
carpentry
"
(s)
not
perfected
; "
a
rough
draft
"; "
a
few
rough
sketches
"
(s)
unpleasantly
stern
; "
wild
and
harsh
country
full
of
hot
sand
and
cactus
"; "
the
nomad
life
is
rough
and
hazardous
"
(v)
prepare
in
preliminary
or
sketchy
form
rough Synonyms
approximate
approximative
boisterous
crude
fierce
grating
gravel
gravelly
harsh
pugnacious
rasping
raspy
rocky
rough
rough in
rough out
roughly
uncut
unsmooth
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