Etymology : Middle English rubben; akin to Icelandic rubba to scrape
Pronunciation : 'r&b
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. act of wiping; act of smearing. wipe, buff; push against with pressure; spread, smear; brush; polish. rub\rub\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. rubbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. rubbing.] [probably of celtic origin; cf. w. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.].
2. to subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper. it shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned, to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. t. elyot.
3. to move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
4. to cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body. two bones rubbed hard against one another.
5. to spread a substance thinly over; to smear. the smoothed plank, new rubbed with balm.
6. to scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver. the whole business of our redemption is to rub over the defaced copy of the creation.
7. to hinder; to cross; to thwart. [r.] 't is the duke's pleasure, whose disposition, all the world well knows, will not be rubbed nor stopped.
8. To subject to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.
9. To move over the surface of with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
10. To cause to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
11. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
12. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
13. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
14. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
15. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
16. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
17. The act of rubbing; friction.
18. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch.
19. Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
20. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
21. Imperfection; failing; fault.
22. A chance.
23. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; called also rubstone. the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub" move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" cause friction; "my sweater scratches" scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!".
24. 1. If you rub a part of your body, you move your hand or fingers backwards and forwards over it while pressing firmly. He rubbed his arms and stiff legs `I fell in a ditch', he said, rubbing at a scrape on his hand.
25. If you rub against a surface or rub a part of your body against a surface, you move it backwards and forwards while pressing it against the surface. A cat was rubbing against my leg He kept rubbing his leg against mine.
26. If you rub an object or a surface, you move a cloth backward and forward over it in order to clean or dry it. She took off her glasses and rubbed them hard He rubbed and rubbed but couldn't seem to get clean.
27. If you rub a substance into a surface or rub something such as dirt from a surface, you spread it over the surface or remove it from the surface using your hand or something such as a cloth. He rubbed oil into my back.
28. If you rub two things together or if they rub together, they move backwards and forwards, pressing against each other. He rubbed his hands together a few times. the 650-mile rift that separates the Pacific and North American geological plates as they rub together.
29. If something you are wearing or holding rubs, it makes you sore because it keeps moving backwards and forwards against your skin. Smear cream on to your baby's skin at the edges of the plaster to prevent it from rubbing.
30. Rub is used in expressions such as there's the rub and the rub is when you are mentioning a difficulty that makes something hard or impossible to achieve. `What do you want to write about?'. And there was the rub, because I didn't yet know.
31. A massage can be referred to as a rub. She sometimes asks if I want a back rub. see also:
rubbing.
32. If you rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you rub elbows with someone, especially in American English. He regularly rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Kylie Minogue.
33. If you rub someone up the wrong way in British English, or rub someone the wrong way in American English, you offend or annoy them without intending to. What are you going to get out of him if you rub him up the wrong way? = annoy.
34. to rub someone's nose in it: see:
nose to rub salt into the wound: see salt.
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