rough : Idioms & Phrases

• in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough.

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• . (a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready understanding."

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• noun creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India
  Smilax aspera.
  

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• noun European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed
  green foxtail; Setaria viridis; bottle grass; bottle-grass; green bristlegrass.
  

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• noun the first print of a movie after preliminary editing
  

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• an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior. = diamond in the rough

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• noun a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
  draft.
  

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• noun any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait
  

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• noun of southern and eastern United States
  Opheodrys aestivus.
  

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• noun evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils
  Equisetum hyemale robustum; Equisetum hyemale; scouring rush; Equisetum robustum.
  

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• verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
  rough; rough in.
  

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• verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
  rough; rough in.
  

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• noun a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
  wild winterpea; singletary pea; Caley pea; Lathyrus hirsutus.
  

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• noun a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
  

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• noun a difficulty that can be overcome with effort
  hard time.
  
  • we had a hard time getting here
  • analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers

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• verb treat violently
  
  • The police strong-armed the suspect

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• noun used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
  choppiness; roughness.
  

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• adjective satellite crude but effective for the purpose at hand
  

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• noun disorderly fighting
  tussle; dogfight; hassle; scuffle.
  
• adjective satellite characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
  bare-knuckle; bare-knuckled.
  
  • a rough-and-tumble fight
  • rough-and-tumble politics
  • undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism

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• adjective satellite lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  uncouth; vulgar; coarse; common.
  
  • he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
  • behavior that branded him as common
  • an untutored and uncouth human being
  • an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
  • appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
  • the vulgar display of the newly rich
• adjective satellite of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
  roughhewn.
  

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• verb dry without smoothing or ironing
  
  • rough-dry the laundry

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Rough"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. R. Sherwood.

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Rough"-grained adjective

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1. Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.

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• adjective satellite having hair that feels rough
  

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• verb hew roughly, without finishing the surface
  roughcast.
  
  • rough-hew stone or timber

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• verb treat in a rough or boisterous manner
  

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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Rough"-legged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.

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• noun large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
  Buteo lagopus; roughleg.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Roughleg.

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• verb sand roughly
  
  • rough-sand the door before painting it

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• noun newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California
  Taricha granulosa.
  

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• adjective satellite rude or uncouth in speech
  

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• noun a variety of goldenrod
  

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• adjective satellite having surface roughness
  coarse-textured; textured.
  
  • a textured wall of stucco
  • a rough-textured tweed

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• rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.

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Rough"ing-in` noun

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1. The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.

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• to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts.

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