Main Entry: ³rough

Function: noun

Date: 15th century

1 : uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones; specifically : such ground bordering a golf fairway
2 : the rugged or disagreeable side or aspect <hiking-camping admirers of nature in the rough — Eleanor Stirling>
3 a : something in a crude, unfinished, or preliminary state b : broad outline : general terms <the question…has been discussed in rough — Manchester Guardian Weekly> c : a hasty preliminary drawing or layout
4 : rowdy