rub
擦,摩擦,擦擦,擦伤
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Definitions
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rubbed, rub·bing.
- : to subject the surface of to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- : to move back and forth or with a rotary motion, as against or along another surface: to rub the cloth over the glass pane.
- : to spread or apply with pressure and friction over something else or a person: to rub lotion on her chapped hands.
- : to move with pressure and friction over or back and forth over each other: He rubbed his hands together.
- : to mark, polish, force, move, etc. by pressure and friction.
- : to remove by pressure and friction; erase.
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rubbed, rub·bing.
- : to exert pressure and friction on something.
- : to move with pressure against something.
- : to admit of being rubbed in a specified manner: Chalk rubs off easily.
- : Chiefly British. to proceed, continue in a course, or keep going with effort or difficulty: He manages to rub along.
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- : an act or instance of rubbing: an alcohol rub.
- : something that annoys or irritates one's feelings, as a sharp criticism, a sarcastic remark, or the like: to resent rubs concerning one's character.
- : an annoying experience or circumstance.
- : an obstacle, impediment, or difficulty: We'd like to travel, but the rub is that we have no money.
- : a rough or abraded area caused by rubbing.
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- : rub down, to smooth off, polish, or apply a coating to: to rub a chair down with sandpaper.to give a massage to.
- : rub off on, to become transferred or communicated to by example or association: Some of his good luck must have rubbed off on me.
- : rub out, to obliterate; erase.Slang.to murder: They rubbed him out before he could get to the police.
Phrases
- rub down
- rub elbows with
- rub in
- rub off on
- rub one's hands
- rub out
- rub someone's nose in it
- rub the wrong way
- rub up on
- the rub
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
You’ll need a good shoulder rub after setting up a large massage chair.
That’s the rub because when you have these large companies spending millions and millions of dollars on performance and then they try to add a brand layer, they have no way of connecting the dots and it doesn’t make sense to them.
I might use granulated garlic in stir-fry or a rub for meat that I’m going to grill where I want the garlic to hold up to the cooking process a little bit longer, or I want a little bit of more distinctive garlic flavor.
However, the standards have yet to be finalized by GARM, and therein lies the rub.
The report claimed that he gave unsolicited back rubs, asked colleagues on dates, and at one point poured a beer on the head of a coworker during a social event.
Rub the loin with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.
Rub pork loin with paprika, Cajun seasoning, parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, sugar, salt, and pepper.
The rub is that these devices have been in short supply lately.
Maybe the cleric can rub his own magic lamp, and ask it to explain the concept known as brain drain.
When you get a new one they tell you to put coco-butter on your fingers and rub it a lot so it won't show so much.
And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!
Others again put the varnish on and rub it off in places to resemble the wear of age.
But indeed, it was useless to rub her eyes, the dwarfs did not vanish, and so she was obliged to believe that they were real.
She would put her paws on his shoulders, and rub his face, and purr in a most contented manner.
If he were to rub one of these pictures when dry, he would find it almost entirely removable from the glass.