rough

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   with rough motion as over a rough surface

   ride rough

2. 2
   adv

   with roughness or violence - informal variant for 'roughly'

   I was pushed roughly aside.

3. 3
   adj

   not perfected

   a rough draft

4. 4
   adj

   lacking refinement or finesse, of persons or behavior

   The rough child didn't know how to use cutlery properly.

5. 5
   adj

   having or caused by an irregular surface

   trees with rough bark

6. 6
   adj

   causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

   a rough ride

7. 7
   adj

   Not smooth; uneven.

   rough hands

8. 8
   adj

   Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

   a rough copy

Etymology

From Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh, from Old English rūg, rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz. Cognate with Scots ruch, rouch (“rough”), Saterland Frisian ruuch, rouch (“rough”), West Frisian rûch (“rough”), Low German ruuch (“rough”), Dutch ruig (“rough”), German rau(h) (“rough”), Danish ru (“uneven on the surface, "rough", "rugged"”).