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UK
/ɹˈʌf/
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[ US /ˈɹəf/ ]
[ US /ˈɹəf/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having or caused by an irregular surface
rough ground
rough skin
trees with rough bark
his unsmooth face
rough blankets -
unpleasantly stern
wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
the nomad life is rough and hazardous -
not perfected
a few rough sketches
a rough draft -
unkind or cruel or uncivil
a harsh and unlovable old tyrant
had harsh words
a rough answer -
ready and able to resort to force or violence
pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance
they were rough and determined fighting men -
not quite exact or correct
a ballpark estimate
the approximate time was 10 o'clock
a rough guess -
not carefully or expertly made
managed to make a crude splint
rough carpentry
a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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violently agitated and turbulent
boisterous winds and waves
rough seas
the fierce thunders roar me their music
rough weather -
full of hardship or trials
they were having a rough time
the rocky road to success -
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
a gravelly voice -
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
a rough ride -
not shaped by cutting or trimming
an uncut diamond
rough gemstones -
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
rough manners
she was a diamond in the rough
ADVERB
-
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
VERB
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
NOUN
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
How To Use rough In A Sentence
- He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
- Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
- Before Malfurion could ask who she meant, Tyrande brought the glaive up in a salute and murmured something in the hidden tongue of the Sisterhood. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- There are a few formalities to be gone through before you enter a foreign country.
- A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
- It also contains a series of waterfalls and cascades to further enhance the beauty of a hole that is certain to generate a lot of comment throughout the week.
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
