rough

Adjektiv

1. 1

   Not smooth; uneven.

   rough hands

   rough stone

   rough surface

   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.

2. 2

   Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

   a rough copy

   a rough estimate

   a rough guess

   a rough plan

3. 3

   Turbulent.

   rough sea

   rough water

   rough weather

   With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November.

4. 4

   Difficult; trying.

   Being a teenager nowadays can be rough.

5. 5

   Crude; unrefined.

   His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.

6. 6

   Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.

   "You find us a bit rough," apologized the young man, with something of contempt towards his surroundings. "We weren't expecting visitors."

7. 7

   Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.

   the rough bit of town

8. 8

   Violent; not careful or subtle.

   rough words

   This box has been through some rough handling.

9. 9

   Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.

   a rough tone

   a rough voice

   But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song, / And smooth or rough, with them

10. 10

    Not polished; uncut.

    a rough diamond

11. 11

    Harsh-tasting.

    rough wine

    the wine, rough as it is, more wholesome than the half-melted ices, flavored with unholy essences.

12. 12

    SlangSomewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.

13. 13

    SlangUnwell due to alcohol; hungover.

14. 14

    Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.

Substantiv

1. 1

   The unmowed part of a golf course.

2. 2

   A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

   In Wellington Street my brother met a couple of sturdy roughs, who had just rushed out of Fleet Street with still wet newspapers and staring placards. "Dreadful catastrophe!" they bawled one to the other down Wellington Street. "Fighting at Weybridge!"

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.

5. 5

   A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.

6. 6

   veraltetBoisterous weather.

   In calms you fish; in roughs use songs and dances.

7. 7

   A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.

Verb

1. 1

   To create in an approximate form.

   Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.

   On the floor, one beside the other, stood two amphoræ of veined marble-like limestone; one a huge vase 2 feet high and more than 6 feet round, finished and perfect, with two splendid spiral bands; and the other a smaller vase, of the same type, but only just roughed out of the block.

2. 2

   To break the rules by being excessively violent.

   […] roughing is not a part of the sport, and will not be tolerated. Referees will not permit unfair practices that may cause injury to a contestant, and are held strictly responsible for enforcing these rules.

3. 3

   To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.

4. 4

   To render rough; to roughen.

5. 5

   To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.

   To Rough Horses, a word in familiar use among the dragoons to signify the act of breaking in horses, so as to adapt them to military purposes.

6. 6

   To endure primitive conditions.

   to rough it

   “[…]Oh, but my husband is never so happy as when he is travelling. He likes roughing it. . . . My husband. . . . My husband. . . .”

   I was able to help Trudy set up camp and everything else, of course there are different ways to camp the usual comfortable way or roughed we of course roughed it and I did my best to keep warm.

7. 7

   To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.

Adverb

1. 1

   In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

   I will warrant they prove such roaring boys as I knew when I served under Lumford and Goring, [...] —sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. Ah! those merry days are gone.

Formen

Plural

roughs

Komparativ

rougher, more rough

Superlativ

roughest, most rough

Präteritum

roughed

Partizip II

roughed

Partizip I

roughing

3. Person Singular

roughs