rough - noun

the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

rough - verb

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

rough - adjective

• having or caused by an irregular surface
• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
• not shaped by cutting or trimming
• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
• not quite exact or correct
• full of hardship or trials
• violently agitated and turbulent
• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
• ready and able to resort to force or violence
• not carefully or expertly made
• not perfected
• unpleasantly stern
• unkind or cruel or uncivil

rough - adverb

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
• with rough motion as over a rough surface

rough - thesaurus

approximate   approximative   boisterous   bumpy   crude   fierce   grating   gravelly   harsh   jolting   jolty   jumpy   pugnacious   rasping   raspy   rocky   roughly   scratchy   uncut   unsmooth