The property of being rough, coarseness. / Something that is rough; a rough spot. / (US) Roughage; coarse fodder. / (Scotland) Abundance, especially of food.

plural of roughness

Not smooth; uneven. / Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished. / Turbulent. / Difficult; trying. / Crude; unrefined. / Worn; shabby; weather-beaten. / Violent; not careful or subtle.

The unmowed part of a golf course. / A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

To create in an approximate form. / (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player. / To render rough; to roughen.

In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

present participle of rough

plural of rough

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rough

simple past tense and past participle of rough