Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth.
(of sea) With large waves.
not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough estimate"
violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
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"
full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
(botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
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"
with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
with roughness or violence; "he was pushed roughly aside"; (`rough' is informal as in "they treated him rough")
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o''clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
with roughness or violence (`rough'' is an informal variant for `roughly''); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
ready and able to resort to force or violence
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
violently agitated and turbulent
not shaped by cutting or trimming
full of hardship or trials
not quite exact or correct
unkind or cruel or uncivil
unpleasantly stern
not perfected
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
not carefully or expertly made
having or caused by an irregular surface
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
with rough motion as over a rough surface
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
