English Dictionary

rub

/ɹʌb/

verb

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction. / (transitive) To rub something against (a second thing).

I rub my hands together to warm them up.

意味（1）

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.

意味（2）

(transitive) To rub something against (a second thing).

I rubbed the glass with the cloth.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To be rubbed against something.

My shoes are beginning to rub.

意味（4）

(transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

meat rubbed with spices before barbecuing

意味（5）

(dated) To move or pass with difficulty.

to rub through woods, as huntsmen

意味（6）

To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.

to rub up silver

意味（7）

To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

'Tis the duke's pleasure, / Whose disposition, all the world well knows, / Will not be rubbed nor stopped.

意味（8）

(transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.