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Definition: (verb) to act to reconcile differences between two parties.
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rough
adjective
- Having a surface that is not smooth: coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rugged, scabrous, uneven. See
smooth
- Consisting of or covered with large particles: coarse, grainy, granular, gritty. See
smooth
- Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See
calm
- Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See
heavy
- Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort: bitter, brutal, hard, harsh, severe. See
comfort
- Hard to deal with or get out of: tight, tricky.
Informal: sticky. See
easy
- Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar. See
courtesy, smooth
- Marked by vigorous physical exertion: knockabout, rough-and-tumble, rugged, strenuous, tough. See
action
- Disagreeable to the sense of hearing: dry, grating, harsh, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, scratchy, squawky, strident. See
sounds
- In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature: native, natural, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed, wild. See
wild
- Not perfected, elaborated, or completed: preliminary, sketchy, tentative, unfinished, unperfected, unpolished. See
start
- Lacking expert, careful craftsmanship: crude, primitive, raw, rude, unpolished. See
good
verb
- To be rough or brutal with. Also used with up: knock about or
around
, manhandle, slap around.
Slang: mess up. See
attack, strike
phrasal verb
rough in
or
out
- To draw up a preliminary plan or version of: adumbrate, block in or
out
, draft, outline, sketch. See
planned
phrasal verb
rough up
- To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear: batter, knock about or
around
, mangle
1, maul. See
attack, help, strike
noun
- A preliminary plan or version, as of a written work: draft, outline, skeleton, sketch. See
planned, words
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