Rough

a.	1.	Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
	2.	Not polished; uncut; - said of a gem; as, a rough diamond. More unequal than the roughest sea. - T. Burnet.
	2.	Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. - Shak. A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. - Prior.
	3.	Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; - said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.
	3.	Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions. On the rough edge of battle. - Milton. A quicker and rougher remedy. - Clarendon. Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces. - Locke.
	4.	Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; - said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.
	5.	Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. He stayeth his rough wind. - Isa. xxvii. 8. Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. - Shak.
	6.	Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught. Rough diamond an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior. Rough and ready a - Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency - Lowell.
	7.	Produced offhand.
n.	1.	Boisterous weather.
	2.	A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. In the rough in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough. Contemplating the people in the rough. - Mrs. Browning.
adv.	1.	In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. - Sir W. Scott.
v. t.	1.	To render rough; to roughen.
	2.	To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
	3.	To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; - with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. 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.

Noun	1.	rough - the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Verb	1.	rough - prepare in preliminary or sketchy form Synonyms: rough in, rough out
Adj.	1.	rough - 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" Synonyms: unsmooth Antonyms: smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
	2.	rough - (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
	3.	rough - not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" Synonyms: approximate, approximative
	4.	rough - full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" Synonyms: rocky
	5.	rough - violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" Synonyms: boisterous, fierce
	6.	rough - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Synonyms: grating, gravel, rasping, raspy, gravelly
	7.	rough - 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" Synonyms: pugnacious
	8.	rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped Antonyms: smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
	9.	rough - not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" Synonyms: uncut
	10.	rough - not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" Synonyms: crude
	11.	rough - not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
	12.	rough - unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" Synonyms: harsh
Adv.	1.	rough - with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" Synonyms: roughly
	2.	rough - with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" Synonyms: roughly

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