1. • noun - the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
   • verb - prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
   • adj - having or caused by an irregular surface
   • adj - (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
   • adj - not quite exact or correct
   • adj - full of hardship or trials
   • adj - violently agitated and turbulent
   • adj - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
   • adj - ready and able to resort to force or violence
   • adj - of the margin of a leaf shape
   • adj - causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
   • adj - not shaped by cutting or trimming
   • adj - not carefully or expertly made
   • adj - not perfected
   • adj - unpleasantly stern
   • adj - unkind or cruel or uncivil
   • adv - with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
   • adv - with rough motion as over a rough surface
2. • Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth.
   • Coarse or shaggy to the touch: a rough, scratchy blanket.
   • Difficult to travel over or through: the rough terrain of the highlands.
   • Characterized by violent motion; turbulent: rough waters.
   • Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather: a rough winter.
   • Unpleasant or difficult: had a rough time during the exam.
   • Boisterous, unruly, uncouth, or rowdy: ran with a rough crowd.
   • Lacking polish or finesse: rough manners.
   • Characterized by carelessness or force, as in manipulating: broke the crystal through rough handling.
   • Harsh to the ear: a rough, raspy sound.
   • Being in a natural state: rough diamonds.
   • Not perfected, completed, or fully detailed: a rough drawing; rough carpentry.
   • Rugged, overgrown terrain.
   • The part of a golf course left unmowed and uncultivated.
   • The difficult or disagreeable aspect, part, or side: observed politics in the rough when working as an intern on Capitol Hill.
   • Something in an unfinished or hastily worked-out state.
   • A crude, unmannered person; a rowdy.
   • To treat roughly or with physical violence: roughed up his opponent.
   • To treat (an opposing player) with unnecessary roughness during a sport or game: roughed the passer and was ejected from the game.
   • In a rough manner; roughly.
3. • adj - having an uneven surface

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