| BOROUGH | • borough n. (Obsolete) A fortified town. • borough n. (Rare) A town or city. • borough n. A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights. |
| BROUGHS | • Broughs prop.n. Plural of Brough. • BROUGH n. a circular tower, also BROGH, BROCH. |
| BROUGHT | • brought v. Simple past tense and past participle of bring. • BRING v. to take with oneself to a place. |
| DROUGHT | • drought n. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. • drought n. (By extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport. • drought n. (Archaic) dryness, aridness, dry heat. |
| ENROUGH | • ENROUGH v. (archaic) to make rough. |
| FROUGHY | • froughy adj. (UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken. • FROUGHY adj. of timber, soft and brittle, also FROWY. |
| GROUGHS | • GROUGH n. a deep gully in a peat moor area. |
| ROUGHED | • roughed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rough. • ROUGH v. to make rough. |
| ROUGHEN | • roughen v. (Transitive) To make rough. • roughen v. (Intransitive) To become rough. • ROUGHEN v. to make rough. |
| ROUGHER | • rougher adj. Comparative form of rough: more rough. • rougher n. A worker who shapes something to prepare it for a finishing operation. • rougher n. A piece of woollen cloth prepared for fulling. |
| ROUGHIE | • roughie n. Alternative form of roughy (“type of fish”). • roughie n. (Film, slang) A film portraying rough sex. • ROUGHIE n. a dry bough used as a torch, also ROUGHY. |
| ROUGHLY | • roughly adv. In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness. • roughly adv. Unevenly or irregularly. • roughly adv. Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately. |
| THROUGH | • through prep. From one side of an opening to the other. • through prep. Entering, then later leaving. • through prep. Surrounded by (while moving). |
| TROUGHS | • troughs n. Plural of trough. • TROUGH v. to eat greedily. |
| UNROUGH | • unrough adj. Not rough. • UNROUGH adj. not rough, beardless, also UNRUFFE. |
| WROUGHT | • wrought adj. Having been worked or prepared somehow. • wrought v. Simple past tense and past participle of work. • wrought v. (See usage notes) simple past tense and past participle of wreak. |