Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, idiomatic)To live and sleep outdoors or in a rough or makeshift shelter, not having a proper home or abode.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom lives in a rough neighborhood.

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  2. Boris lived a rough and challenging life.

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  3. Karl used to live in a rough neighborhood when he was fourteen.

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  4. Rodrigo was totally oblivious of the fact that Melissa lived in a rough neighborhood.

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Forms

lives rough, living rough, lived rough, lived rough
Base formlive rough · to live rough
3rd person singularlives rough
Present participleliving rough
Past simplelived rough
Past participlelived rough

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylive rough
he, she, itlives rough

Past simpleLesson

all personslived rough

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lived rough
he, she, ithas lived rough

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill live rough

Synonyms

1 synonyms
sleep rough

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
livableliveA1livelihoodlivelinesslivelyA2
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