English

Etymology
OE. rūh

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-rough.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA: /ɹ�f/

Adjective
en-adj|rough|er

1. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|229e.
#*: Teaching that's done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother.

1. approximate|Approximate.

#: A rough estimate.

1. turbulent|Turbulent.

#: The sea was rough.

1. difficult|Difficult; trying.

#: Being a teenager these days can be rough.

1. crude|Crude; unrefined

#: His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.

1. violent|Violent; not careful or subtle

#: This box has been through some rough handling.

Antonyms
smooth

Translations
trans-top|not smooth
Arabic: ARchar|خش� IPAchar|(�ášen)
Chinese: �魯, �� (cūl�)
Czech: hrubý m
Dutch: ruw, ruig
Finnish: rosoinen
French: rude, rugueux
German: rauh, grob
Hungarian: durva
Ido: aspera
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Italian: ruvido, rugoso
Japanese: ����� (dekobokona)
Kurdish: KUchar|د�
Korean: 거� (geochin)
Portuguese: áspero
Romanian: dur, aspru
Russian: �е�о�ова��й (šero�ovátyj)
Spanish: áspero
Swedish: ojämn
Telugu: �ర��� (garuku)
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trans-top|approximate
Czech: hrubý m
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Chinese: �� (cūzào)
French: rugueux
Ido: aspera
Italian: approssimato (2), mosso (3), difficile (4), rude (5)
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Portuguese: áspero
Spanish: aspero
Telugu: �రామరి� (uraamarika), స�మార� (sumaaru), రమారమి (ramaarami) (2), �ల�ల�ల� (kallOlaM) (3), మ��� (mOTu) (5), మ�ర�� (moraTu) (6)
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Noun
en-noun

1. The unmowed part of a golf course.
2. A crude person.
3. cricket A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.

Translations
trans-top|unmowed part of golf-course
Finnish: t|fi|karheikko, t|fi|raffi
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Verb
en-verb

1. To create in an approximate form.

#:Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.

1. To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific.

#:The gangsters roughed him up a little.

See also
diamond in the rough
roughhouse
roughness
rough in
rough out
rough up
bit of rough

Category:1000 English basic words

ar:rough
fr:rough
ko:rough
io:rough
id:rough
it:rough
hu:rough
ru:rough
simple:rough
fi:rough
ta:rough
te:rough
vi:rough
zh:rough

• 2007-11-21 06:08 - Hekaheka - /* Noun */ Finnish translation

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