hassle scuffle tussle dogfight rough-and-tumble | disorderly fighting |
rough-legged hawk roughleg Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa | newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
rough fish | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
ready-made | a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase, their apartment was furnished with ready-mades |
ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
reckoner ready reckoner | a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation |
rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
ready-mix | a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish |
rough | the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
Rough Rider | a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War () |
rough-leaved aster | a variety of aster |
rough-stemmed goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
green bristlegrass green foxtail rough bristlegrass bottle-grass bottle grass Setaria viridis | European foxtail naturalized in North America, often a troublesome weed |
rough bindweed Smilax aspera | creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers, Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India |
singletary pea Caley pea rough pea wild winterpea Lathyrus hirsutus | a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States, cultivated as a cover and pasture crop |
scouring rush rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems, formerly used for scouring utensils |
ready cash cold cash ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
ready | poised for action, their guns were at the ready |
hard time rough sledding | a difficulty that can be overcome with effort, we had a hard time getting here, analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers |
choppiness roughness rough water | used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather |
rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing, rough-dry the laundry |
fix prepare set up ready gear up set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc, Get the children ready for school!, prepare for war, I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill |
rough-hew roughcast | hew roughly, without finishing the surface, rough-hew stone or timber |
rough-sand | sand roughly, rough-sand the door before painting it |
rough up | treat violently, The police strong-armed the suspect |
cook fix ready make prepare | prepare for eating by applying heat, Cook me dinner, please, can you make me an omelette?, fix breakfast for the guests, please |
rough in rough rough out | prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner |
handy ready to hand(p) | easy to reach, found a handy spot for the can opener |
pugnacious rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence, pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville, they were rough and determined fighting men |
ready(a) | (of especially money) immediately available, he seems to have ample ready money, a ready source of cash |
rough-haired | having hair that feels rough |
grating gravelly rasping raspy rough scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound, a gravelly voice |
boisterous fierce rough | violently agitated and turbulent, boisterous winds and waves, the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound, rough weather, rough seas |
ready-cooked | cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale |
uncut rough | not shaped by cutting or trimming, an uncut diamond, rough gemstones |
ready-made | made for purchase and immediate use |
off-the-rack off-the-shelf off-the-peg ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |
ready-to-eat | food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold |
ready-made | commercially produced, not homemade, ready-made clothes |
rocky rough | full of hardship or trials, the rocky road to success, they were having a rough time |
rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
approximate approximative rough | not quite exact or correct, the approximate time wa o'clock, a rough guess, a ballpark estimate |
roughhewn rough-cut | of stone or timber, shaped roughly without finishing |
quick ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity, a quick mind, a ready wit |
harsh rough | unkind or cruel or uncivil, had harsh words, a harsh and unlovable old tyrant, a rough answer |
active combat-ready fighting(a) | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations, on active duty, the platoon is combat-ready, review the fighting forces |