Synonym: blunt, broken, brusque, bumpy, choppy, coarse, crude, curt, difficult, fierce, gruff, harsh, irregular, rowdy, rude, severe, shaggy, snippy, surly, tough, uneven. Antonym: mild, smooth. Similar words: through, roughly, drought, go through, thorough, get through, all through, throughout. Meaning: [rʌf] n. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short. v. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form. adj. 1. having or caused by an irregular surface 2. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse 3. not quite exact or correct 4. full of hardship or trials 5. violently agitated and turbulent 6. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound 7. ready and able to resort to force or violence 8. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped 9. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements 10. not shaped by cutting or trimming 11. not carefully or expertly made 12. not perfected 13. unpleasantly stern 14. unkind or cruel or uncivil. adv. 1. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') 2. with rough motion as over a rough surface.
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91 My ball landed in the rough.
92 Write it out in rough and then copy it.
93 The cloth was rough in texture.
94 The ship went down in rough seas .
95 She pencilled the rough outline of a house.
96 She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.
97 He did some rough sketches of the costumes.
98 The referee won't allow any rough stuff .
99 She made a rough estimate/calculation of the likely cost.
100 His elegant clothes contrasted with his rough speech.
101 The ship laboured through the rough seas.
102 Don't be too rough - she's only little.
103 He's had a really rough time recently .
104 The sea was rough and the ship pitched and rolled all night.
105 They built a rough shelter from old pieces of wood and cardboard.
106 The Rough Guide to Paris lists accommodation for as little as £25 a night.
107 Gangs practise a kind of rough justice on their members.
107 Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
108 The builder did a rough sketch of how the new stairs would look.
109 Even a rough calculation shows that you have spent too much.
110 She had a really rough time when her father died.
111 This paper's not very good quality,[Sentencedict.com] but it's fine for rough work.
112 Her pupils often got the rough edge of her tongue when they disobeyed her.
113 They knew they'd been given a raw / rough deal .
114 The suspension is designed to cushion passengers from the effects of riding over rough roads.
115 The coarse sand was hot and rough under her feet.
116 I've got a rough idea of where I want to go.
117 Will the lorries stand up to the journey over rough roads?
118 These figures give a rough guide as to the sales we can expect.
119 I've got a rough idea of what he looks like.
120 The team has a few rough edges, but they're winning more games.
More similar words: through, roughly, drought, go through, thorough, get through, all through, throughout, cut through, fall through, put through, run through, thoroughly, come through, look through, pass through, pull through, carry through, break through, follow through, tough, dough, though, enough, ought to, a thought, as though, although, toughness, even though.