rough

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth.
• adjective Coarse or shaggy to the touch.
• adjective Difficult to travel over or through.
• adjective Characterized by violent motion; turbulent.
• adjective Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather.
• adjective Unpleasant or difficult.
• adjective Characterized by or done with violence or forcefulness.
• adjective Boisterous, disorderly, or given to violence.
• adjective Characterized by violence or crime.
• adjective Lacking polish or finesse.
• adjective Harsh to the ear.
• adjective Being in a natural state.
• adjective Not perfected, completed, or fully detailed.
• noun The surface or part of something that is uneven or coarse.
• noun Rugged overgrown terrain.
• noun Sports The area of a golf hole in which the grass is left unmowed or is cut to a length longer than that of the fairway.
• noun A disorderly, unrefined, or unfinished state.
• noun A difficult or disagreeable aspect or condition of something.
• noun A person given to violent or disorderly behavior; a rowdy.
• transitive verb To treat roughly or with physical violence.
• transitive verb Sports To treat (an opposing player) with unnecessary roughness, often in violation of the rules.
• transitive verb To prepare or indicate in an unfinished form.
• adverb In a rough manner; roughly.
• idiom (rough it) To live without the usual comforts and conveniences.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A rowdy; a ruffian; a rude, coarse fellow; one given to riotous violence; a bully.
• noun [In a foot-note Scaramelli is quoted to the effect that the word signifies in English “persona bassa e vile.”]
• A bad spelling of ruff.
• In hat-manuf., to compact (the felt) by moisture, heat, and pressure.
• To expose to winter weather, as cattle; permit to run at large during the winter.
• Roughly; in a coarse, crude, or harsh manner.
• To make rough; give a rough condition or appearance to; roughen: as, to rough a horse's shoes to prevent slipping.
• To execute or shape out roughly; finish partially or in the rough; prepare for a finishing operation: as, to rough out building-stones.
• To break in a horse, especially for military use.
• To behave roughly; specifically, to break the rules in boxing by too much roughness.
• Not smooth to the touch or to the sight; uneven, from projections, ridges, wrinkles, or the like; broken in outline or continuity by protruding points or lines, irregularities, or obstructions; shaggy: as, a rough surface of any kind; rough land; a rough road; rough cloth.
• Not smoothed or formed by art; existing or left in a natural or an incomplete state; crude; unwrought; uneven; untrimmed: as, the rough materials of manufacture.
• Rugged in form, outline, or appearance; harsh or unpleasing to the eye; irregular.
• Crudely done or considered; indefinitely approximate; vague; partial; careless; hasty: as, to make a rough estimate or calculation; at a rough guess.
• Characterized by harshness or asperity; disagreeably severe or coarse; discordant: used of things and actions with reference to their effects upon the senses or feelings, actions, sounds, etc.: as, rough weather; a rough remedy; rough treatment.
• Lacking refinement; rude in character or action; unpolished; untrained; uncouth; awkward: as, rough kindness or attendance; a rough backwoodsman.
• Characterized by violent or disorderly action or movement; rudely agitated or disturbed; boisterously violent; unrestrained: as, rough water; rough play.
• Coarse; stale: as, rough bread; rough fish.
• Astringent: said of wines or other beverages: as, a rough claret.
• In botany, same as scabrous.