Rub

What “Rub” means

Noun

1. An act of rubbing.
2. A difficulty or problem.
3. A quip or sarcastic remark.
4. In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
5. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.

Verb

1. To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
2. To be rubbed against something.
3. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
4. To move or pass with difficulty.
5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.

Where the word comes from

Inherited from Middle English rubben, of unknown origin; possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną, related to *reufaną (“to tear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rubje (“to rub, scrape”), German Low German rubben (“to rub”), Low German rubblig (“rough, uneven”), Dutch robben, rubben (“to rub smooth; scrape; scrub”), Danish rubbe (“to rub, scrub”), Icelandic and Norwegian rubba (“to scrape”). More at reave. Compare typologically Latin fricō < friō < Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (whence also Russian брить (britʹ, “to shave”)).

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