Rough
Rough , adjective
[Old English rou{not transcribed}, rou, row, rugh, ruh, Anglo-Saxon r{not transcribed}h; akin to LG. rug, Dutch rug, Dutch ruig, ruw, Old High German r{not transcribed}h, German rauh, rauch; compare Lithuanian raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. r 18. Compare Rug, n.]
1.
Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
(a)
Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.
Rough, uneven ways.
(b)
Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
(c)
Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.
More unequal than the roughest sea.
(d)
Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.
A visage rough.
Roughsatyrs.
2.
Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
(a)
Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough.
A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.
(b)
Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
On the rough edge of battle.
A quicker and rougher remedy.
Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces.
(c)
Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers. — Pope
(d)
Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
(e)
Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
He stayeth his rough wind.
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
(f)
Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
(b)
Produced offhand.
Some rough and ready theory.
Rough , noun
1.
Boisterous weather. [Obsolete] — Fletcher
2.
A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
Contemplating the people in the rough.
Collocations (1)
In the rough , in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough.
Rough , adverb
In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats.
Rough , transitive verb
1.
To render rough; to roughen.
2.
To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. — Crabb
3.
To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.
Collocations (2)
Roughing rolls , rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.
To rough it , to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts.