IN THE ROUGH

Definition: IN THE ROUGH

IN THE ROUGH

1. In an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough. Contemplating the people in the rough. --Mrs. Browning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Good Man

Brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling.

Nonpreparation

Adjective: unprepared; without preparation; incomplete; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn, unformed, unfashioned, unwrought, unlabored, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished.

Crosswords: IN THE ROUGH

Goose in the Rough (1963)

Woodpecker in the Rough (1952)

Chicken in the Rough (1951)

Love in the Rough (1930)

Ko-Ko in the Rough (1928)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• How to Buy Used and Bruised Houses for Fast Profits (Diamonds in the Rough) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In the rough. The first rough cut has been made in these rifle stocks as they take shape from the blank. Part of the war work at an eastern armory. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "IN THE ROUGH": diamond in the rough ♦ it is true in the rough ♦ timber in the rough ♦ wood in the rough. Additional references.

Albanian

në dorë të parë. (various references)

Bulgarian 

горе-долу (approximately, fairly, good enough, indifferently, much, pretty, roughly, so so, sort of), в незавършен вид. (various references)

Czech

necivilizovanì. (various references)

Danish

ubearbejdet trae (raw wood, wood in the rough), raa braedder (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber), råtræ (felled timber, raw wood, wood in the rough). (various references)

Dutch

ruwhout (raw wood, wood in the rough), ruw gezaagd hout (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber), onbewerkt hout (raw wood, wood in the rough). (various references)

Finnish

höyläämätön puutavara (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber). (various references)

French

les aciers � adhérence améliorée sont fournis soit � l'état écroui ( p ex par torsion ou étirage ), soit � l'état brut de laminage ( naturellement dur ) (steels with improved adhesion are supplied either in the work hardened condition ( e. g. by torsion or drawing ) or in the rough rolled condition ( naturally hard )), brut de sciage (timber in the rough), bois brut (wood in the rough). (various references)

German

Stammholz (bolt, log lumber, logs, rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, unbarked timber, undressed timber, unwrought timber), Rundholz (spar), Rohholz (raw wood, wood in the rough), entrindetes Rohholz (raw wood, wood in the rough). (various references)

Greek 

ξυλεία σε κορμούς (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber), ξυλεία ακατέργαστη (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber), ακατέργαστη ξυλεία (raw wood, wood in the rough), ακατέργαστος πριστή ξυλεία (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber). (various references)

Hebrew 

במצב �"�'למי (in the raw). (various references)

Hungarian

nyersen (abruptly, assertively, bluntly, brusquely, gruffly, gruffy, in the raw, raspingly, raw, rough, surlily), kidolgozatlanul. (various references)

Italian

segato grezzo (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber), legno grezzo (raw wood, wood in the rough), legname grezzo (lumber). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay ethay oughray

Portuguese

os aços com aderência melhorada são fornecidos ou no estado endurecido(por ex.torção ou estiragem),ou no estado bruto de laminagem(naturalmente duro) (steels with improved adhesion are supplied either in the work hardened condition ( e. g. by torsion or drawing ) or in the rough rolled condition ( naturally hard )), madeira em tosco (rough timber, rough-sawn timber, timber in the rough, undressed timber, unwrought timber), madeira em bruto (raw wood, wood in the rough). (various references)

Romanian

e adevãrat în linii mari (it is true in the rough). (various references)

Russian 

вчерне (in a rough copy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

grubo (bungle, hardly, harshly, rough, rough: in the rough, roughly). (various references)

Spanish

en bruto (uncut). (various references)

Swedish

ungefär (about, approximately, some). (various references)

Turkish

işlenmemiş durumda, taslak halinde (roughcast), takriben (about, approximately, circa, nearly, some), aşağı yukarı (about, approximately, approximative, around, circa, close on, in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, just about, more or less, nigh, pretty much, rough, roughly, roundly, some, something like, sub-, thereabout, to and fro, tolerably). (various references)

Ukrainian

у незавершеном вигляді, начорно, приблизно (about, approximately, around, just about, more or less, or so, rough, some, something). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: genitor, goutier, hurting, outgrin, outring, roughen, routine, routing, thouing, through, toughen, tougher, toughie, touring, trueing.

-4 letters: eighth, engirt, enough, eringo, ethion, goiter, goitre, gorhen, gunite, gurnet, height, heriot, heroin, higher, hinger, hinter, hither, hoeing, hognut, hogtie, hornet, hunger, hunter, ignore, nigher, norite, nother, nought, orient, outing, region, rehung, righto, tenour, though, throne.