transcription, транскрипция: [ rʌf ]
( rougher, roughest, roughs, roughing, roughed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If a surface is rough , it is uneven and not smooth.
His hands were rough and calloused, from years of karate practice...
≠ smooth
ADJ
• rough‧ness
She rested her cheek against the roughness of his jacket.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You say that people or their actions are rough when they use too much force and not enough care or gentleness.
Rugby’s a rough game at the best of times...
≠ gentle
ADJ
• rough‧ly
A hand roughly pushed him aside.
ADV
• rough‧ness
He regretted his roughness.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
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.
ADJ
4.
If you say that someone has had a rough time, you mean that they have had some difficult or unpleasant experiences.
All women have a rough time in our society...
= tough
ADJ : usu ADJ n
5.
If you feel rough , you feel ill. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
The virus won’t go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough.
ADJ : v-link ADJ
6.
A rough calculation or guess is approximately correct, but not exact.
We were only able to make a rough estimate of how much fuel would be required...
= approximate
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• rough‧ly
Gambling and tourism pay roughly half the entire state budget...
= approximately
ADV : ADV with cl / group
7.
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...
ADJ
• rough‧ly
He knew roughly what was about to be said...
Roughly speaking, a scientific humanist is somebody who believes in science and in humanity but not in God.
ADV : ADV with cl / group , ADV after v
8.
You can say that something is rough when it is not neat and well made.
...a rough wooden table.
ADJ
• rough‧ly
Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the casserole.
ADV : ADV with v
9.
If the sea or the weather at sea is rough , the weather is windy or stormy and there are very big waves.
A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.
≠ calm
ADJ
10.
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.
ADV : ADV after v
11.
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.
VERB : V it
12.
rough justice: see justice