rough

Sense 1 noun

the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

Sense 2 verb

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

Sense 3 adjective

having or caused by an irregular surface

trees with rough bark

Sense 4 adverb

with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

he was pushed roughly aside

Sense 5 adjective

(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

she was a diamond in the rough

Sense 6 adverb

with rough motion as over a rough surface

ride rough

Sense 7 adjective

not quite exact or correct

the approximate time was 10 o'clock

Sense 8 adjective

full of hardship or trials

the rocky road to success

Sense 9 adjective

violently agitated and turbulent

boisterous winds and waves

Sense 10 adjective

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

a gravelly voice

Sense 11 adjective

ready and able to resort to force or violence

pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance

Sense 12 adjective

of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

Sense 13 adjective

causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

a rough ride

Sense 14 adjective

not shaped by cutting or trimming

an uncut diamond

Sense 15 adjective

not carefully or expertly made

managed to make a crude splint

Sense 16 adjective

not perfected

a rough draft

Sense 17 adjective

unpleasantly stern

wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus

Sense 18 adjective

unkind or cruel or uncivil

had harsh words