rug

Meaning

Noun

1. A partial covering for a floor.
2. A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
3. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
4. A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
5. (obsolete) A person wearing a rug.
6. A cloth covering for a horse.
7. (obsolete) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
8. (slang) The female pubic hair.
9. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
10. (slang) A wig; a hairpiece.
11. (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair.
12. (slang) Short for rughead.

Verb

1. To cover with a rug.
2. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

Adj

snug; cosy

Concepts

rug

carpet

mat

blanket

carpeting

runner

floor covering

duster

sofa

floorcloth

matting

felt

tapis

cushion

footcloth

pull

catch

tear

plaid

wig

drizzling rain

throw

mantle

drugget

rapestry to cover

tasselledblanket

stall

blues

cleat

floor rug

linoleum

bedside rug

grass mat

hair

scalp hair

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌɡ/

Etymology

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.
Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).