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rough

/ɹʌf/
noun
  1. The unmowed part of a golf course.

  2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

  3. 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.

verb
  1. To create in an approximate form.

    "Rough in the shape first, then polish the details."

  2. To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.

  3. To render rough; to roughen.

adjective
  1. Not smooth; uneven.

  2. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

    "a rough estimate; a rough sketch of a building; a rough plan"

  3. Turbulent.

    "rough sea"

Antonymssmooth
adverb
  1. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

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