rub

[[t]rʌb[/t]]

v. rubbed, rub•bing, n.

1) to subject (something) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, polishing, or massaging; move one thing back and forth or with a rotary motion along the surface of (something else)

2) to move, spread, or apply with pressure and friction over something:

to rub lotion on chapped hands[/ex]

3) to move (two things) with pressure and friction over each other:

He rubbed his hands together[/ex]

4) to force (something) by pressure and friction (fol. by in or into)

5) to make sore from friction

6) to remove or erase by pressure and friction (often fol. by off or out)

7) to exert pressure and friction on something

8) to move with pressure against something

9) to admit of being rubbed in a specified manner:

Chalk rubs off easily[/ex]

10) phv rub down

a) to smooth, polish, or clean by rubbing

b) to massage

11) phv cvb rub off on, to pass along to, as or as if by touching:

I wish your good luck would rub off on me[/ex]

12) phv rub out

a) to obliterate; erase

b) Slang. to murder

13) an act or instance of rubbing:

an alcohol rub[/ex]

14) something that annoys or irritates one's feelings

15) an annoying experience or circumstance

16) an obstacle or difficulty

17) a rough or abraded area caused by rubbing

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- rub elbows or shoulders with rub it in rub someone's nose in rub the wrong way

Etymology: 1300–50; ME rubben (v.); obscurely akin to Fris (East Frisian), LG rubben