تعريف rub' في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
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- Rich Urban Biker
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- In the game of crown green bowls: any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course
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- To move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area
I rubbed my hands together for warmth.
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- To rub something against
I rubbed the glass with the cloth.
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- To rub against something
My shoes are beginning to rub.
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- An act of rubbing
Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out.
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- A difficulty or problem
the propriety of the cabman's shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral. But how to get there was the rub.
- rub down
- to rub, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massage
- rub elbows with
- to associate or consort with a specified person or people
While at Cambridge, he rubbed elbows with many future Government ministers.
- rub in
- To apply by rubbing
- rub in
- To irritatingly make a point
- rub it in
- To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another
I know you're a better painter than I am, but you don't have to rub it in.
- rub of the green
- Any accidental deflection of the ball by an outside agency (spectator, caddie etc); the ball is played without penalty from where it comes to rest
- rub off
- To clean by rubbing
He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.
- rub off
- to be transferred with little or no effort
- rub off
- To cause to come off by rubbing
We had to rub off all the graffiti from the wall.
- rub off on
- To adapt to a way of behaving after constant exposure to it
The hippie way of life seems to have rubbed off on him, as he's a flower power aficionado.
- rub out
- To kill
We had to rub out that witness.
- rub out
- To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing
The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the board.
- rub salt in someone's wounds
- To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions)
John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds.
- rub salt in the wound
- To make an injury feel worse
- rub somebody the wrong way
- To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy
It's a small thing, really, to leave towels unfolded, but it rubs him the wrong way.
- rub up against
- To touch something with one's body
She accidentally rubbed up against the painted door and got green paint on her blouse.
- rub up against
- Of pets. To touch a person's body in a friendly manner, seeking attention
Tibbles, the cat, rubbed up against my leg, asking for a piece of my cheese.
- rub up against
- To touch another person with one's body in a sexually stimulating manner
Now men, I have rubbed up against a few men in my time, but women?.
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- {v} to clean, scour, polish, fret, get through
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- {n} an impediment, difficulty, act of rubbing
- rub off on
- affect, influence
- rub off on
- be transferred to, be passed on to, be transmitted to, be communicated to
- rub salt into the wound
- Make a painful experience even more painful
- rub someone the wrong way
- Arouse the antagonism or displeasure of, irritate
- Rub al-Khali
- Vast desert, south-central Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 250,000 sq mi (650,000 sq km), mainly in southeastern Saudi Arabia, and has lesser portions in Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. It is the largest area of continuous sand in the world and occupies more than one-fourth of Saudi Arabia. It is virtually uninhabited and largely unexplored. In 1948 Al-Ghawr , the world's largest oil field, was discovered there
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- To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground
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- Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub
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- Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness
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- cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
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- 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
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- To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body
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- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!
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- to rub someone's nose in it: see nose to rub salt into the wound: see salt
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- 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
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- 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
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- Light contact with another car Very common in most forms of racing Also refered to as "Swapping Paint"
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- Light contact between 2 or more cars
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- Very light contact with another car Very common in most forms of racing
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- A rub off of a spine by the customer to indicate what is to be printed and how the printing is to be set up This can also be a photo copy of a spine for the same purpose
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- 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
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- 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
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- To hinder; to cross; to thwart
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- The act of rubbing; friction
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- To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore
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- A chance
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- 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
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- 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
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- the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"
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- To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost
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- 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
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- Imperfection; failing; fault
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- A massage can be referred to as a rub. She sometimes asks if I want a back rub. see also rubbing
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- 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!
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- 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
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- move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
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- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
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- To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world
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- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear
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- The ISO 4217 currency code for the Russian Rouble
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- To spread a sauce or spice on food so that it coats it, lightly rubbing it in as you go
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- {i} act of wiping; act of smearing
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- A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; called also rubstone
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- 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
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- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over; as, to rub up silver
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- Device combining the capabilities of a router and a hub
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- an unforeseen obstacle
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- 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
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- {f} wipe, buff; push against with pressure; spread, smear; brush; polish
- rub away
- erase; wear out
- rub down
- manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"
- rub down
- massage; polish
- rub down
- wear away
- rub elbows with
- socialize with, interact with
- rub hands
- move hands against each other rapidly
- rub in
- smear in by rubbing; memorize
- rub in
- If someone keeps reminding you of something you would rather forget you can say that they are rubbing it in. Officials couldn't resist rubbing it in The home side rubbed in their superiority with a further goal
- rub in
- If you rub a substance in, you press it into something by continuously moving it over its surface. When hair is dry, rub in a little oil to make it smooth and glossy
- rub off
- wear away
- rub off
- If someone's qualities or habits rub off on you, you develop some of their qualities or habits after spending time with them. He was a tremendously enthusiastic teacher and that rubbed off on all the children I was hoping some of his genius might rub off
- rub off
- be removed by rubbing (as of color); take off by rubbing; be worn out
- rub one's eyes in disbelief
- be in a state of amazement, does not believe one's eyes
- rub out
- erase, obliterate; kill, murder, slay (Slang)
- rub out
- If you rub out something that you have written on paper or a board, you remove it using a rubber or eraser. She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin. = erase
- rub out
- remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
- rub salt into the wound
- place salt on an injury, make a matter worse than it already is
- rub shoulders with
- brush against, be close to -
- rub the wrong way
- irritate a person; annoy or bother someone
- rub up
- a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin
- rub up
- a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin"
- rub-a-dub
- the sound made by beating a drum
- rub-a-dub
- drumming sound
- dutch rub
- An act of roughly rubbing one's knuckles across the top of another person's head with the intent of causing pain, often while pinning the other person's head with one's free arm
- therein lies the rub
- a problem has been identified
That makes calamity of so long life;.
- don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
- (deyim) do not know what to do with something
- there's the rub
- (deyim) (also "Therein lies the rub") Something that you say when you are explaining what the difficulty is in a particular situation
- therein lies the rub
- (deyim) (also "There's the rub") Something that you say when you are explaining what the difficulty is in a particular situation
- there's the rub
- that is the root of the problem, that is the source of the trouble