Read the dictionary definition of rough. All definitions for this word.
1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
2. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
3. ready and able to resort to force or violence
1. pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance
2. they were rough and determined fighting men
4. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
1. a gravelly voice
5. violently agitated and turbulent
1. boisterous winds and waves
2. the fierce thunders roar me their music
3. rough weather
4. rough seas
6. not shaped by cutting or trimming
1. an uncut diamond
2. rough gemstones
7. full of hardship or trials
1. the rocky road to success
2. they were having a rough time
8. not quite exact or correct
1. the approximate time was 10 o'clock
2. a rough guess
3. a ballpark estimate
9. unkind or cruel or uncivil
1. had harsh words
2. a harsh and unlovable old tyrant
3. a rough answer
10. unpleasantly stern
1. wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
2. the nomad life is rough and hazardous
11. not perfected
1. a rough draft
2. a few rough sketches
12. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
1. she was a diamond in the rough
2. rough manners
13. not carefully or expertly made
1. managed to make a crude splint
2. a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
3. rough carpentry
14. having or caused by an irregular surface
1. trees with rough bark
2. rough ground
3. rough skin
4. rough blankets
5. his unsmooth face
15. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
1. a rough ride
16. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
17. with rough motion as over a rough surface
1. ride rough
18. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
1. he was pushed roughly aside
2. they treated him rough