rough diamond

1. An uncut diamond
2. (also (N American) diamond in the rough) a person possibly of great worth, but of rough appearance and unpolished manners

rough /ruf/

adjective

1. Uneven
2. Rugged
3. Unshorn
4. Unshaven
5. Unpolished
6. Harsh
7. Crude
8. Unelaborated
9. Without attention to minute correctness
10. (of a horse, etc) unbroken
11. Coarse
12. Rude
13. Unrefined
14. Ungentle
15. Turbulent
16. Aspirate
17. Astringent
18. Unpleasant, nasty (informal)
19. Difficult, harrowing (informal)
20. Feeling unwell, tired or hung over (informal)

adverb

1. Roughly
2. With roughness or risk of discomfort

noun

1. Rough state
2. That which is rough
3. Rough ground, esp uncut grass, etc beside a golf fairway or green
4. A piece inserted in a horse's shoe to keep it from slipping
5. A hooligan, a rowdy
6. A crude preliminary sketch, etc

transitive verb

1. To make rough
2. To ruffle
3. To roughen the shoes of
4. To shape roughly
5. To treat roughly (usu with up)

roughˈage noun

1. Refuse of grain or crops
2. Bran, fibre, etc in food
3. Coarse food that promotes intestinal movement

roughˈen transitive verb

To make rough

intransitive verb

To become rough

roughˈer noun

A person who performs preliminary operations

roughˈie noun

1. A dry bough, esp one used as a torch (Walter Scott)
2. A rough or rowdy person (slang)
3. An outsider in horse-racing or dog-racing (Aust sl)
4. An unfair trick, twist or incident, etc (Aust sl)

roughˈish adjective

roughˈly adverb

roughˈness noun

1. The quality of being rough
2. A rough place
3. Roughage (US dialect)

roughˈy noun same as roughie above

roughˈ-and-readˈy adjective

1. Ready to hand or easily improvised, and serving the purpose well enough
2. (of a person) lacking refinement or social graces but pleasant enough

roughˈ-and-tumbˈle adjective

Haphazard and scrambling (also adverb)

noun

1. A scuffle
2. Haphazard struggling

rough breathing noun

In ancient Greek, the sound h

roughˈcast transitive verb

1. To shape roughly
2. To cover with roughcast

noun

1. Plaster mixed with small stones or shells, used to coat the outside walls of buildings
2. A rough or preliminary model, etc

adjective

Coated with roughcast

roughˈ-coated adjective

Given an initial coat of plaster

rough collie noun

A shaggy-coated breed of collie

rough cut noun

A roughly edited, preliminary version or sequence of a film

rough diamond see under diamond

roughˈ-draft or roughˈ-draw transitive verb

To draft roughly

roughˈ-dry transitive verb

To dry without smoothing

adjective

(of linen, clothes, etc) ready for pressing

roughˈ-footed adjective

With feathered feet

roughˈ-grained adjective

Coarse-grained

rough grazing noun

Uncultivated ground, used for pasture

rough-grindˈ transitive verb

To grind roughly

rough-handˈle transitive verb

To treat roughly

rough-hewˈ transitive verb (Shakespeare)

To hew or shape into a rough form

rough-hewˈer noun

rough-hewnˈ adjective

1. Shaped roughly
2. Uncouth, unrefined

rough hound noun

A small species of dogfish

roughˈ-house noun (orig US; also rough house)

1. A disturbance
2. A brawl

intransitive verb

1. To brawl
2. To make a disturbance

transitive verb

To handle roughly, maltreat

rough justice noun

1. Approximate justice, hastily assessed and carried out
2. A verdict or sentence that is appropriate, though formed without careful attention to the forms and processes of a legal code

roughˈ-legged adjective

With feathered or hairy legs

roughˈneck noun (informal; orig N American)

1. An unmannerly lout
2. A hooligan or tough
3. A member of an oil rig crew employed to deal with equipment on the rig floor

intransitive verb

To work as a roughneck on an oil rig

roughˈ-out noun

A leather or a leather article, having the reverse side from the grain outermost

rough passage noun

1. A stormy sea voyage
2. A difficult, trying time

roughˈ-perˈfect adjective

Nearly perfect in the memorizing of a part

rough puff-pastry noun

Quick puff-pastry made without allowing the pastry to rest between the repeated rolling out and folding

roughˈrider noun

1. A rider of untrained horses
2. A horse-breaker
3. An army riding master's assistant
4. An irregular cavalryman

roughˈshod adjective

Provided with horse-shoes with projecting nails to afford extra grip

rough shooting noun

Shooting over moorland (mainly grouse)

roughˈ-spoken adjective

Rough in speech

rough string noun

An intermediate support for the steps of a wooden stairway

rough stuff noun

1. Coarse paint laid on after the priming, and before the finish
2. Violent behaviour

rough trade noun (slang)

Violent or sadistic male prostitute(s) or casual sexual partner(s), esp homosexual

roughˈ-wrought adjective

Shaped out or done roughly, or in a preliminary way

a bit of rough (informal)

A person, esp a man, whose unrefined manner is seen as sexually attractive

cut up rough see under cut

ride roughshod over

To treat arrogantly, domineer over without consideration

rough in

To sketch in roughly

rough it

1. To live in rough or basic conditions (to which one is unaccustomed)
2. To take whatever hardships come

rough on

1. Hard luck for
2. Pressing hard upon

rough out

To shape out roughly

sleep rough

To sleep out-of-doors, esp because of being homeless