rub

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: rub

1	v n	move over something with pressure the act of rubbing or wiping
2	n	an unforeseen obstacle

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: rub

“rub my hands”

“rub oil into her skin”

Types:: show 22 types...; hide 22 types...; brush
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; pumice
rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen; gauge
rub to a uniform size; puree, strain
rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; rosin
rub rosin onto; sponge down, sponge off
clean with a sponge, by rubbing; worry
touch or rub constantly; scour, scrub
clean with hard rubbing; abrade, scour
rub hard or scrub; blur, smear, smudge, smutch
make a smudge on; soil by smudging; grate, scrape
scratch repeatedly; pass over, wipe
rub with a circular motion; grate
reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; paw
scrape with the paws; holystone
scrub with a holystone; resmudge
smudge again; dust
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; sponge
wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten; squeegee
wipe with a squeegee; broom, sweep
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; towel
wipe with a towel; whisk, whisk off
brush or wipe off lightly

Type of:: adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact

“he gave the hood a quick rub”

Type of:: obstacle, obstruction
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

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