1. plural of rough; unfinished or preliminary versions of something
2. areas of long grass on a golf course
Usage: golf

1. third person singular present of rough; makes or becomes rough

Examples

• The artist showed us several roughs before creating the final painting.
• The editor reviewed the roughs of the magazine layout.
• His ball landed in the roughs beside the fairway.
• She had trouble hitting out of the deep roughs.
• The sandpaper roughs the wood surface.
• Weather roughs the exterior of old buildings.
• The designer created multiple roughs for the logo.