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rough in ThesaurusVerb | 1. | rough in - prepare in preliminary or sketchy formrough, rough outprepare - to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" |
roughadjective1. Having a surface that is not smooth:coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rugged, scabrous, uneven.2. Consisting of or covered with large particles:coarse, grainy, granular, gritty.3. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild.4. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty.5. Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort:bitter, brutal, hard, harsh, severe.6. Hard to deal with or get out of:tight, tricky.Informal: sticky.7. Lacking in delicacy or refinement:barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar.8. Marked by vigorous physical exertion:knockabout, rough-and-tumble, rugged, strenuous, tough.9. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:dry, grating, harsh, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, scratchy, squawky, strident.10. In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature:native, natural, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed, wild.11. Not perfected, elaborated, or completed:preliminary, sketchy, tentative, unfinished, unperfected, unpolished.12. Lacking expert, careful craftsmanship:crude, primitive, raw, rude, unpolished.verbTo be rough or brutal with.Also used with up:knock about (or around), manhandle, slap around.Slang: mess up.phrasal verb rough in or out To draw up a preliminary plan or version of:adumbrate, block in (or out), draft, outline, sketch.phrasal verb rough upTo injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear:batter, knock about (or around), mangle, maul.nounA preliminary plan or version, as of a written work:draft, outline, skeleton, sketch.
rough in
rough inTo do the initial work on something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "rough" and "in." Just rough in an introduction for now and come back to it once you know exactly where your argument is going to go.See also: roughrough something into construct or draw something initially, temporarily, or crudely. The carpenter roughed the doorways in without consulting the plans. The carpenter roughed in the doorways without consulting the plans.See also: roughrough in
Synonyms for rough inverb prepare in preliminary or sketchy formSynonymsRelated Words |