The engineer measured the roughnesses of the turbine blades to predict their performance under stress.

The Roughs on the designer's table showed the early ideas for the new logo.

Rough greeted everyone at the reunion with a warm nod, the long-absent patriarch of the family.

He preferred buying antique furniture in the rough so he could restore it himself.

In autumn, the roughings brightened the hedgerow with clusters of bright red berries.

After the match, several players roughed up the referee during a heated argument.

In yesterday's game, the opposing team roughed up the bullpen and turned the late lead into a rout.

By the stream, I found a cluster of rough horsetail thriving among the rocks.

During recess, the youngest boy rough-and-tumbles with his friends until the bell rings.

The playground was full of rough-and-tumbles after school, much to the teachers' chagrin.