ROUGH
verb
Definitions
- 1. To render rough; to roughen.
- 2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. Crabb.
- 3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars. -- To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
ROUGH
(adjective)
1. Cf. Rug, n.]
2. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth. ...
ROUGH
(adverb)
In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. Sir W. Scott.
ROUGH
(noun)
1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.] Fletcher.
2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
