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Definition of 'RUB'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) rub
to subject (something) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, polishing, or massaging; move one thing back and forth or with a rotary motion along the surface of (something else).

2.  rub
to move, spread, or apply with pressure and friction over something:
to rub lotion on chapped hands.

3.  rub
to move (two things) with pressure and friction over each other:
He rubbed his hands together.

4.  rub
to force (something) by pressure and friction (fol. by in or into).

5.  rub
to make sore from friction.

6.  rub
to remove or erase by pressure and friction (often fol. by off or out).

7. (v.i.) rub
to exert pressure and friction on something.

8.  rub
to move with pressure against something.

9.  rub
to admit of being rubbed in a specified manner:
Chalk rubs off easily.

10.  rub
to smooth, polish, or clean by rubbing.

11.  rub
to massage.

12.  rub
to obliterate; erase.

13.  rub
Slang. to murder.

14. (n.) rub
an act or instance of rubbing:
an alcohol rub.

15.  rub
something that annoys or irritates one's feelings.

16.  rub
an annoying experience or circumstance.

17.  rub
an obstacle or difficulty.

18.  rub
a rough or abraded area caused by rubbing.

Definition of 'RUB'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hang-up, hitch, rub, snag
an unforeseen obstacle

2. (verb) rub, wipe
the act of rubbing or wiping
"he gave the hood a quick rub"

3. (verb) rub
move over something with pressure
"rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

4. (verb) rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
cause friction
"my sweater scratches"

5. (verb) rub, scratch, itch
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
"Don't scratch your insect bites!"

Definition of 'RUB'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) rub
to move sth backward and forward over the surface of sth
He rubbed his leg where he had hit it.; She rubbed the mark off her cheek.

2. rub
to move backward and forward against sth
The cat rubbed itself against her legs.; My new shoes are rubbing on my heel.

3. (noun) rub
an of rubbing
Here, let me give your back a rub.

Definition of 'RUB'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) RUB
the act of rubbing; friction

2. (noun) RUB
that which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch

3. (noun) RUB
inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness

4. (noun) RUB
something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub

5. (noun) RUB
imperfection; failing; fault

6. (noun) RUB
a chance

7. (noun) RUB
a stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone

8. (verb) RUB
to subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper

9. (verb) RUB
to move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground

10. (verb) RUB
to cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body

11. (verb) RUB
to spread a substance thinly over; to smear

12. (verb) RUB
to scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver

13. (verb) RUB
to hinder; to cross; to thwart

14. (verb) RUB
to move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost

15. (verb) RUB
to fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore

16. (verb) RUB
to move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world

Translation of 'RUB'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to move against the surface of something else, pressing at the same time He rubbed his eyes; The horse rubbed its head against my shoulder; The back of the shoe is rubbing against my heel.
Afrikaans: vryf	Arabic: يَحُك	Bulgarian: трия (се)
Brazilian: esfregar	Czech: třít (se), dřít (se)	German: reiben
Danish: gnide; gnave	Greek: τρίβω, τρίβομαι	Spanish: restregar, frotar
Estonian: hõõruma	Farsi: ماش دادن؛ اصطحکاک دادن	Finnish: hangata
French: frotter	Hebrew: לְשַפשֵף	Hindi: रगड़ना, घिसना, रगड़, मलना
Croatian: trljati, polirati	Hungarian: dörzsöl	Indonesian: menggosok
Icelandic: nudda, strjúka, núa	Italian: strofinare	Japanese: こする
Korean: 문지르다	Lithuanian: trinti	Latvian: berzt; []berzēt; berzties
Malay: menggosok	Dutch: wrijven	Norwegian: gni; skubbe; gnage
Polish: trzeć	Persian: ماش دادن؛ اصطحکاک دادن	Pashto: اصطاک ورکول
Portuguese: esfregar	Romanian: a (se) freca	Russian: тереть(ся)
Slovak: trieť (sa), šúchať (sa)	Slovenian: drgniti	Serbian: trljati
Swedish: gnida, gno, gnugga, skava	Thai: นวด	Turkish: sürtmek, ov(ala)mak
Taiwanese: 磨擦	Ukrainian: терти(ся)	Urdu: رگڑنا
Vietnamese: cọ; rụi	Chinese: 磨擦
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