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rough  (rougher comparative) (roughest superlative) (roughs 3rd person present) (roughing present participle) (roughed past tense & past participle )
1  adj If a surface is rough, it is uneven and not smooth., (Antonym: smooth)  His hands were rough and calloused, from years of karate practice...  
♦  roughness  n-uncount 
She rested her cheek against the roughness of his jacket.  
2  adj You say that people or their actions are rough when they use too much force and not enough care or gentleness., (Antonym: gentle)  Rugby's a rough game at the best of times...  
♦  roughly  adv 
A hand roughly pushed him aside.  
♦  roughness  n-uncount 
He regretted his roughness.  
3  adj A rough area, city, school, or other place is unpleasant and dangerous because there is a lot of violence or crime there. 
It was quite a rough part of our town.  
4  adj If you say that someone has had a rough time, you mean that they have had some difficult or unpleasant experiences.  (=tough) 
All women have a rough time in our society...  
5  adj If you feel rough, you feel ill. 
 (BRIT) 
INFORMAL The virus won't go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough.  
6  adj A rough calculation or guess is approximately correct, but not exact.  (=approximate) 
We were only able to make a rough estimate of how much fuel would be required...  
♦  roughly  adv  (=approximately) 
Gambling and tourism pay roughly half the entire state budget...  
7  adj If you give someone a rough idea, description, or drawing of something, you indicate only the most important features, without much detail. 
I've got a rough idea of what he looks like...  
♦  roughly  adv 
He knew roughly what was about to be said...  
8  adj You can say that something is rough when it is not neat and well made. 
...a rough wooden table.  
♦  roughly  adv 
Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the casserole.  
9  adj If the sea or the weather at sea is rough, the weather is windy or stormy and there are very big waves., (Antonym: calm)  A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.  
10  adv When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home. 
 (BRIT) 
It makes me so sad when I see young people begging or sleeping rough on the streets.  
11  verb If you have to rough it, you have to live without the possessions and comforts that you normally have. 
You won't be roughing it; each room comes equipped with a telephone and a 3-channel radio.  V it 
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