Quick definitions from Macmillan ( )

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Quick definitions from WordNet (rough)

▸ noun:  the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
▸ verb:  prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
▸ adjective:  not perfected ("A rough draft")
▸ adjective:  (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse ("She was a diamond in the rough")
▸ adjective:  having or caused by an irregular surface ("Trees with rough bark")
▸ adjective:  of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
▸ adjective:  unpleasantly stern ("The nomad life is rough and hazardous")
▸ adjective:  not carefully or expertly made ("Rough carpentry")
▸ adjective:  ready and able to resort to force or violence ("They were rough and determined fighting men")
▸ adjective:  not shaped by cutting or trimming ("Rough gemstones")
▸ adjective:  full of hardship or trials ("They were having a rough time")
▸ adjective:  violently agitated and turbulent ("Rough weather")
▸ adjective:  not quite exact or correct ("A rough guess")
▸ adjective:  unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
▸ adverb:  with rough motion as over a rough surface ("Ride rough")
▸ adverb:  with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') ("He was pushed roughly aside")
▸ name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22674)

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