Rub
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English
Noun
Rub (plural Rubs)- 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.
- 1922, James Joyce , Ulysses Episode 16
- ...the propriety of the cabman's shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral. But how to get there was the rub.
- In the game of crown green bowls: any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
Verb
Rub (third-person singular simple present rubs, present participle rubbing, simple past and past participle rubbed)
- To move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area.
- I rubbed the cloth over the glass.
- The cat rubbed itself against my leg.
- I rubbed my hands together for warmth.
- To rub something against.
- I rubbed the glass with the cloth.
- To rub against something.
- My shoes are beginning to rub.
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Adverbs for Rub
briskly; frantically; industriously; vigorously; mechanically; incessantly; injuriously; maddeningly; furiously; skillfully.
Thesaurus
Discordia, Eris, ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, air-dry, anhydrate, annoy, apple of discord, attouchement, bake, bandage, bar, bark, bathe, bite, block, blockade, blot, bone of contention, bone to pick, bother, bottleneck, breath, brush, brush by, buff, burn, burnish, care for, caress, casus belli, catch, catch a likeness, chafe, character, characterize, chart, clash, clashing, climacteric, clutch, come in contact, conflict, confrication, contact, contention, contingence, convergence of events, convulse, cordon, crimp, crisis, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crow to pick, crow to pluck, crucial period, crucify, crunch, crux, cure, curtain, cut, cutaneous sense, dehumidify, dehydrate, delineate, depict, desiccate, determent, deterrent, diagnose, diagram, difficulty, disaccord, disaffinity, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, distress, doctor, drain, draw, drawback, dry, emergency, enmity, erase, erode, evaporate, exasperate, excoriate, excruciate, exigency, exsiccate, extremity, feel, feel up, feeling, fester, file, fingertip caress, finish, fire, flick, flux, fondle, fray, frazzle, fret, frication, friction, frictionize, frottage, furbish, gall, give care to, give pain, glance, glaze, gloss, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze, grind, gripe, grounds for war, hamper, hand-mindedness, hang-up, harrow, hazard, heal, hinge, hit, hit off, hitch, hurdle, hurt, impediment, impinge, impingement, impingence, incompatibility, incompatibleness, inflame, inflict pain, inharmoniousness, inharmony, insolate, irk, irritate, jangle, jar, joker, kill by inches, kiln, kiss, knead, lacerate, lambency, lap, lick, light touch, limn, luster, map, martyr, martyrize, massage, minister to, mischief, mummify, nettle, nip, noncooperation, nose, notate, nudge, nurse, nuzzle, objection, obstacle, obstruction, obstructive, one small difficulty, open conflict, operate on, osculate, osculation, pain, paint, parch, pass, peeve, perfrication, pet, physic, picture, picturize, pierce, pinch, plaster, polish, portray, poultice, prick, print, prolong the agony, provoke, purge, push, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, raze, register, remedy, render, represent, rile, rub against, rub away, rub down, rub noses, rub off, rub out, rubbing, ruffle, schematize, scorch, scour, scrape, scrub, scuff, sear, sense of touch, shave, shine, shrivel, sideswipe, skim, skin, skirt, sleek, slick, slick down, smoke, snag, soak up, sore point, splint, sponge, squeak by, stab, sting, strained relations, strait, strap, stroke, stumbling block, stumbling stone, sun, sun-dry, swab, symbolize, tactile sense, taction, take a rubbing, tangency, tap, tender spot, tension, tentative contact, tentative poke, ticklish issue, torment, torrefy, torture, touch, touching, towel, trace, trace out, trace over, traverse, treat, turn, turning point, tweak, twist, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, varnish, vex, wax, wear, wear away, weazen, whisper, wipe, wither, wizen, wound, wring, write
Etymology
From Middle English rubben. Cognate with Eastern Frisian rubben (“to rub, scrape”), Low German rubbeling (“rough, uneven”), Icelandic and Norwegian rubba (“to scrape”), Danish rubbe (“to rub, scrub”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
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External links
- Rub in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Rub in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Rub at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
Czech
Noun
Rub m.
- back (the reverse side)
- rub karty -- back of the card
- rub mince -- reverse of the coin
Pronunciation
- IPA: /rʊp/
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See also
- vzhůru nohama
- 15px Rub on the Czech Wikipedia.cs.Wikipedia
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
rȗb m. (Cyrillic spelling ру̑б)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /rûːb/
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rȗb | rȕbovi |
| genitive | ruba | rubova |
| dative | rubu | rubovima |
| accusative | rub | rubove |
| vocative | rube | rubovi |
| locative | rubu | rubovima |
| instrumental | rubom | rubovima |
