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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 See also

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English rūh

[ Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɹʌf/

[ Adjective

rough (comparative rougher, superlative roughest)

1. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 229e.

     Teaching that's done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother.

2. Approximate.

   A rough estimate.

3. Turbulent.

   The sea was rough.

4. Difficult; trying.

   Being a teenager these days can be rough.

5. Crude; unrefined

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

6. Violent; not careful or subtle

   This box has been through some rough handling.

[ Antonyms

• smooth

[ Translations

not smooth

Arabic: خشن (χášen) Chinese: 粗魯, 粗鲁 (cūlǔ) Czech: hrubý cs(cs) m. Dutch: ruw, ruig Finnish: rosoinen French: rude fr(fr), rugueux fr(fr) German: rauh de(de), grob de(de) Hungarian: durva hu(hu) Ido: aspera Irish: garbh ga(ga)

Italian: ruvido, rugoso Japanese: でこぼこな (dekobokona) Korean: 거친 (geochin) Kurdish: دڕ Portuguese: áspero pt(pt) Romanian: dur, aspru Russian: шероховатый (šeroχovátyj) Spanish: áspero es(es) Swedish: ojämn Telugu: గరుకు (garuku)

approximate

Czech: hrubý cs(cs) m.

Italian: approssimato it(it)

turbulent

Irish: garbh ga(ga)

Italian: mosso it(it)

difficult

Italian: difficile it(it)

crude

Italian: rude it(it)

[ Noun

Singular rough

Plural roughs

rough (plural roughs)

1. The unmowed part of a golf course.
2. A crude person.
3. (cricket) 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.

[ Translations

unmowed part of golf-course

Finnish: karheikko fi(fi), raffi fi(fi)

[ Verb

Infinitive to rough

Third person singular roughs

Simple past roughed

Past participle roughed

Present participle roughing

to rough (third-person singular simple present roughs, present participle roughing, simple past and past participle roughed)

1. To create in an approximate form.

   Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.

2. To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific.

   The gangsters roughed him up a little.

[ See also

• diamond in thee rough
• roughhouse
• roughness
• rough in
• rough out
• rough up
• bit of rough