Crossword-Solution: RUB
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rub | v. t. | 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. |
| Rub | v. t. | To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground. |
| Rub | v. t. | To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body. |
| Rub | v. t. | To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. |
| Rub | v. t. | To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver. |
| Rub | v. t. | To hinder; to cross; to thwart. |
| Rub | v. i. | To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost. |
| Rub | v. i. | To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore. |
| Rub | v. i. | To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world. |
| Rub | n. | The act of rubbing; friction. |
| Rub | n. | 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. |
| Rub | n. | Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. |
| Rub | n. | Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. |
| Rub | n. | Imperfection; failing; fault. |
| Rub | n. | A chance. |
| Rub | n. | A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RUB | anagram | BRU, BUR, URB |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CEAZEM
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eruption
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Sentences with RUB (5)
The brown scales, too, had evidently undergone rigid discipline, in an unavailing effort to rub off the rust, which, alas! had eaten through and through their substance.
But how will they draw out the plan of which you are speaking? They will begin by taking the State and the manners of men, from which, as from a tablet, they will rub out the picture, and leave a clean surface.
Take a patch of Canton flannel; in order to prevent the moisture from the hand it should have a thick, firm texture: with this rub the plate in circles across, then back covering one-half of the former row of circles in each crossing until you have gone over the plate and back to the point of beginning, occupying at least half a minute in the operation, for a small plate, and so in proportion for the other sizes.
What's that that's chasing him -- Rataplan -- regular demon to stay! Sit down and ride for your life now! Oh, good, that's the style -- come away! Rataplan's certain to beat you, unless you can give him the slip; Sit down and rub in the whalebone now -- give him the spurs and the whip! Battleaxe, Battleaxe, yet -- and it's Battleaxe wins for a crown; Look at him rushing the fences, he wants to bring t'other chap down.
His wife pretended not to see him rub the back of his hand across his eyes, nor the smear in the coal-dust on his black face.
Quotes with RUB (3)
Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through is now like something from the distant past. We’re so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about everyday, too many new things we have to learn. But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never …
If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck you" signs in the world. It's impossible.
Niall had been able to mask the odor of fairy from Eric in the restaurant, but I saw from the flare of Eric's nostrils that the intoxicating scent clung to me. Eric's eyes closed in ecstasy, and he actually licked his lips. I felt like a T-bone just out of reach of a hungry dog. "Snap out of it," I said. I wasn't in the mood. With a huge effort, Eric reigned himself in. "When you smell like that," he said, "I just wanna fuck you and bite you and rub myself all over you.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, Custom, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 387 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).