rub

Meaning

Noun

1. An act of rubbing.
2. A difficulty or problem.
3. A quip or sarcastic remark.
4. In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
5. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
6. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
7. (slang) A loan.

Verb

1. To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
2. To be rubbed against something.
3. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
4. To move or pass with difficulty.
5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
7. To touch the jack with the bowl.

Concepts

rub

wipe

scrub

massage

chafe

scrape

scratch

scour

grind

polish

smear

stroke

knead

roll

file

brush

mash

apply

abrade

grate

rub off

sharpen

wash

fray

wear

press

fret

wipe off

pat

clean

graze

touch

anoint

pound

burnish

spread

caress

rubbing

rub away

dust

rub on

rasp

difficulty

squeeze

hitch

irritate

rub against

cleanse

erase

rub hard

rub in

friction

inconvenience

itch

hang-up

snag

crumple

rub oneself

whet

mop

finger

nudge

twist

rub eye

buff

feel

crumble

rub down

sweep off

warm up

annoint

consecrate

butter up

rub one’s hands

plane

rub out

scrape off

arduousness

crux

gaff

knot

scabrousness

straitness

straits

embrocation

frazzle

powder

triturate

rubdown

strike against

obstruction

revive

stir up

annoy

soften

besmear

bedaub

daub

plaster

rub gently

shred

massage to apply to

put on wear

foment

swab

be troubled about

coach

train

worry over

wrinkle

frost

strike

become sophisticated

roll over

tumble

wallow

welter

do beauty treatment

delete

obliterate

pain

brighten

varnish

serape

kneading

difficulity

obstacle

cleaning

excavation

scouring

stone

do massage

twine

morgan

fricative

friction noise

friction sound

stridulating sound

skive

apply ointment

smooth out

bumpily

depilate

rub forcefully

lightly

rub together

calm down

iron

wear away

dab

husk cereal

paint

bite

rosin

bother

botheration

complication

cumbersomeness

heaviness

incommodiousness

intractableness

trouble

unwieldiness

abrasion

attrition

tan

sew together

dip

snuff

snus

rub sore

hone

shine

palpate

drag

paw all over

crush

sweep

bump

butter

coat

shuffle

liniment

ointment

dramatize

overaccentuate

make bright

smooth

bray

drum

crease

make fire

smear on

keep

lead on

post

grindstone

wax

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rubben, of unknown origin; possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną, related to *reufaną (“to tear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian rubje (“to rub, scrape”), German Low German rubben (“to rub”), Low German rubblig (“rough, uneven”), Dutch robben, rubben (“to rub smooth; scrape; scrub”), Danish rubbe (“to rub, scrub”), Icelandic and Norwegian rubba (“to scrape”).
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