Meaning

7 senses
  1. To create in an approximate form.

    Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.

    prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

  2. (intransitive)To break the rules by being excessively violent.

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

  4. To render rough; to roughen.

  5. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.

  6. To endure primitive conditions.

    to rough it

  7. (transitive)To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.

Examples

364 sentences
  1. I have a rough idea where it is.

    Я приблизно знаю, де воно. — shanghainese

    ruЯ имею смутное представление о том, где это находится. — marafon

    deIch habe eine ungefähre Ahnung, wo das ist. — cost

  2. Tom is having a rough week, isn't he?

    У Тома складний тиждень, правда? — deniko

  3. This paper is rough.

    Цей папір грубий. — deniko

    ruЭта бумага грубая. — fjay69

    deDieses Papier ist rau. — Tamy

  4. You'll have a rough time.

    Тобі буде складно. — deniko

    ruВам будет трудно. — marafon

    deDu wirst es nicht leicht haben. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Don't get rough with Tom.

    Не будь грубим з Томом. — deniko

    ruНе будь груб с Томом. — sharptoothed

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh, from Old English rūg, rūh

From Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh, from Old English rūg, rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz.

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Forms

roughs, roughing, roughed, roughed
Base formrough · to rough
3rd person singularroughs
Present participleroughing
Past simpleroughed
Past participleroughed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrough
he, she, itroughs

Past simpleLesson

all personsroughed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave roughed
he, she, ithas roughed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rough

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • prepare in preliminary or sketchy form:rough inrough out

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • had a rough
  • a rough day
  • rough day
  • a rough time
  • a rough week
  • through a rough
  • was a rough
  • rough neighborhood
  • rough time
  • pretty rough
  • rough week

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rough — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto