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  1. adjective
    unpleasantly stern
    "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"

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  2. adjective
    violently agitated and turbulent
    "rough weather" "rough seas"

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  3. adjective
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
    "they were rough and determined fighting men"

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  4. adjective
    not shaped by cutting or trimming
    "rough gemstones"

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  5. adverb
    with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
    "he was pushed roughly aside" "they treated him rough"

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  6. adjective
    not carefully or expertly made
    "rough carpentry"

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  7. adjective
    unkind or cruel or uncivil
    "a rough answer"

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  8. adjective
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
  9. adjective
    full of hardship or trials
    "they were having a rough time"

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  10. adverb
    with rough motion as over a rough surface
    "ride rough"

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  11. adjective
    having or caused by an irregular surface
    "trees with rough bark" "rough ground" "rough skin" "rough blankets"
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  12. verb
    prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

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  13. adjective
    not quite exact or correct
    "a rough guess"
  14. adjective
    causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
    "a rough ride"
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  15. adjective
    not perfected
    "a rough draft" "a few rough sketches"

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  16. adjective
    (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
    "she was a diamond in the rough" "rough manners"

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  17. adjective
    of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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  18. noun
    the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
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