rough:1

adjective
rough \ ˈrəf \
before 12th century{ds||1|a|}
  • marked by inequalities, ridges, or projections on the surface : coarse
  • covered with or made up of coarse and often shaggy hair
  • having a broken, uneven, or bumpy surface

rough:2

adverb
rough \
14th century{ds||1||}
  • roughly
  • without usual conveniences; especially : without proper shelter

rough:3

noun
rough \
15th century{ds||1||}
  • uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones; specifically : such ground bordering a golf fairway
  • the rugged or disagreeable side or aspect
  • something in a crude, unfinished, or preliminary state

rough:4

verb
rough \
1728{ds||1||}
  • roughen
  • to subject to abuse : manhandle, beat —usually used with up
  • to subject to unnecessary and intentional violence in a sport

rough-and-ready

adjective
rough-and-ready \ ˌrə-fən-ˈre-dē \
1730
  • crude in nature, method, or manner but effective in action or use

rough-and-tumble:1

noun
rough-and-tum*ble \ ˌrə-fən-ˈtəm-bəl \
1810
  • rough disorderly unrestrained fighting or struggling; also : infighting

rough-and-tumble:2

adjective
rough-and-tumble \
1818{ds||1||}
  • marked by rough-and-tumble; also : rough-and-ready
  • put together haphazardly : makeshift

rough bluegrass

noun
rough bluegrass \
circa 1925
  • a forage grass (Poa trivialis) of Eurasia and northern Africa that is naturalized in North America

rough breathing

noun
rough breathing \
1696{ds||1||}
  • a mark ' used in Greek over some initial vowels to show that they are aspirated or over ρ to show that it is voiceless
  • the sound indicated by a mark ' over a Greek vowel or ρ

rough cut

noun
rough cut \
1937
  • a print of an incompletely edited movie
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