verb Download 🔗Share To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction. Examples : "I rubbed my hands together for warmth." action physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rub something against (a second thing). Examples : "I rubbed the glass with the cloth." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be rubbed against something. Examples : "My shoes are beginning to rub." action physics sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. Examples : "meat rubbed with spices before barbecuing" substance action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move or pass with difficulty. Examples : "to rub through woods, as huntsmen" action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over. Examples : "to rub up silver" action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl. Examples : "In lawn bowls, the player skillfully aimed her bowl so that it rubbed the jack, nudging it closer to her other bowls. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having had a substance applied through rubbing. Examples : "The rubbed table gleamed after she applied the furniture polish. " material substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading