RUB
\ɹˈʌb], \ɹˈʌb], \ɹ_ˈʌ_b]\
Definitions of RUB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
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move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
By Princeton University
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scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
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move over something with pressure; "rub my back"; "rub oil into her skin"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
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To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
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To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
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To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
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To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
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To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
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To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
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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.
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Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
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Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
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Imperfection; failing; fault.
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A chance.
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To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; - often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
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A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; - called also rubstone.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
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To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
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To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
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To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
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To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
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To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
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To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
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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.
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Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
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Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
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Imperfection; failing; fault.
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A chance.
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To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; - often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
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A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; - called also rubstone.
By Noah Webster.
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A chance.
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To move or pass over with friction and pressure; graze, grate, or scrape.
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To polish or erase by friction.
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A rubbing.
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Something that rubs; a hindrance; difficulty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To move something with pressure over the surface of; as, to rub one's face with a towel; to pass over with a scraping or brushing movement; as, the wheel rubbed my dress; to cause to move over with pressure; as, to rub one's hand over one's arm; to clean or scour by moving omething over with pressure; to polish; as, to rub up the silver; to remove by moving something over; erase; as, to rub out a black mark; renew one's knowledge of; as, to rub up one's history; to affect one's feelings disagreeably; as, to rub one the wrong way.
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To move along a surface with pressure; scrape; as, two things rub together; to get along with difficulty; as, to manage to rub along.
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A moving of something over with pressure; a rubbing; as, give the table a good rub; that which makes progress difficult; hindrance; something that is harsh to the feelings; a sarcasm.
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Rubbed.
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Rubbing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To move something over (the surface of) with pressure or friction: to clean: to polish: to wipe: to scour: to erase or beat out: to touch hard.
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To move along with pressure: to grate: to fret:-pr.p. rubbing; pa.t. and pa.p. rubbed.
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The act of rubbing: that which rubs: a collision: an obstruction: difficulty: a pinch: a joke.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Act of rubbing; friction; that which rubs and renders motion difficult; obstruction; difficulty; a sarcasm; a jibe.
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To move something along a surface with pressure; to wipe; to clean; to scour; to spread over; to polish. To rub down, to clean by rubbing. To rub off, to clean by rubbing; to separate by friction. To rub out, to erase. To rub upon, to touch hard. To rub up, to burnish; to excite.
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To move along with pressure; to fret; to chafe; to move or pass with difficulty.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
