rub
IPA: rˈʌb
noun
- An act of rubbing.
- A difficulty or problem.
- (archaic) A quip or sarcastic remark.
- 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 mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins similar to ubiquitin
- Initialism of rich urban biker.
verb
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
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Examples of "rub" in Sentences
- Liniments are rubbed on wounds.
- Have you rubbed the lucky wall
- He rubbed the floor with a tissue.
- Rub the salt and pepper on the roast.
- But Ipbun rubs the root gently whispering.
- Did the uploader actually make the rubbing
- The sound of the rubbing was being amplified.
- The image is rubbed with gin and then burnished.
- When visibly Antiseptic hand rub Alcohol-based hand rub±
- Sometimes garlic is rubbed on the bread before rubbing in the tomato.
- "Obama:" You got a little somethin 'on your forehead, Joe "* rub rub*"
- Can a pat on the head and rub of the earlobe truly replace the lip to lip
- When I got hired I started in what they called the rub room — rub and pack.
- Black jacket guy touch chest: you so cute and adorable baby awww * rub and rub*
- II. iii.128 (180, l) [rub your chain with crums] I suppose it should be read, _rub your_ chin _with crums_, alluding to what had been said before that.
- The rub is that Obama's ally, Afghan president Hamid Karzai, and his half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, preside over a massively corrupt government and show no evidence of willingness to reform it.
- Torre has taken the Yankees to the postseason every year since he became manager in 1996, won four of six World Series beginning in 1996, but the rub is they haven't won since 2000 and haven't been there since 2003.
- The only disagreeable part of the process was when we came to rub noses with Mahine; and Peterkin afterwards said that when he saw his wolfish eyes glaring so close to his face, he felt much more inclined to _bang_ than to _rub_ his nose.
- The only disagreeable part of the process was when we came to rub noses with Mahine, and Peterkin afterwards said that when he saw his wolfish eyes glaring so close to his face, he felt much more inclined to _bang_ than to _rub_ his nose.