rub meaning
EN
[ɹʌb] 
US WRub
- Rub or RUB may refer to:
- NounPLrubs
- An act of rubbing.
- Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out
- A difficulty or problem.
- Therein lies the rub.
- In the game of crown green bowls: any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- a heat rub intended for muscular strains
- An act of rubbing.
- VerbSGrubsPRrubbingPT, PPrubbed
- VT To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
- VT To rub something against (a second thing).
- I rubbed the glass with the cloth.
- VI To be rubbed against something.
- My shoes are beginning to rub.
- VT To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- meat rubbed with spices before barbecuing
- (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
- to rub through woods, as huntsmen
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- to rub up silver
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- VT To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds.
- Eraser dust, which can be purchased or made by the conservator by grating an eraser, is sprinkled on a very small section of the area to be cleaned and gently rubbed with a brush.
- Postcards from Florida might mean someone is rubbing in the fact he or she has been lounging on the white, sandy beaches
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of rub for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "rub" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
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