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rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,broušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,drhnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,dření n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,gumování n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,odírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,tření n: Zdeněk Brož |
Rubbing
(gcide) | Rub \Rub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rubbing.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael.
rub.]
1. 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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It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned,
to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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2. 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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3. 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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Two bones rubbed hard against one another.
--Arbuthnot.
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4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
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The smoothed plank, . . .
New rubbed with balm. --Milton.
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5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse;
-- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
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The whole business of our redemption is to rub over
the defaced copy of the creation. --South.
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6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.]
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'T is the duke's pleasure,
Whose disposition, all the world well knows,
Will not be rubbed nor stopped. --Shak.
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To rub down.
(a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a
horse.
(b) To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, to rub down the
rough points.
To rub off, to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by
friction; as, to rub off rust.
To rub out, to remove or separate by friction; to erase; to
obliterate; as, to rub out a mark or letter; to rub out a
stain.
To rub up.
(a) To burnish; to polish; to clean.
(b) To excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub
up the memory.
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Rubbing
(gcide) | Rubbing \Rub"bing\,
a. & n. from Rub, v.
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rubbing
(wn) | rubbing
n 1: the resistance encountered when one body is moved in
contact with another [syn: friction, rubbing]
2: representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made
by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
3: effort expended in moving one object over another with
pressure [syn: friction, detrition, rubbing] |
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drubbing
(encz) | drubbing,bití Zdeněk Broždrubbing,výprask n: Zdeněk Brož |
grubbing
(encz) | grubbing,vykácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
money-grubbing
(encz) | money-grubbing,mamon n: Zdeněk Brož |
moneygrubbing
(encz) | moneygrubbing,mamon n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing
(encz) | rubbing,broušení n: Zdeněk Brožrubbing,drhnutí n: Zdeněk Brožrubbing,dření n: Zdeněk Brožrubbing,gumování n: Zdeněk Brožrubbing,odírání n: Zdeněk Brožrubbing,tření n: Zdeněk Brož |
rubbing alcohol
(encz) | rubbing alcohol, n: |
scrubbing
(encz) | scrubbing,kartáčování n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrubbing brush
(encz) | scrubbing brush, n: |
Drubbing
(gcide) | Drub \Drub\ (dr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Drubbing.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw.
drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE.
drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen
to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
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Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
--L'Estrange.
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Dry-rubbing
(gcide) | Dry-rub \Dry"-rub`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dry-rubbed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dry-rubbing.]
To rub and cleanse without wetting. --Dodsley.
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Grubbing
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\ (gr[u^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed (gr[u^]bd),
p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab,
grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
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2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
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Scrubbing
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
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drubbing
(wn) | drubbing
n 1: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing,
lacing, trouncing, whacking] |
rubbing
(wn) | rubbing
n 1: the resistance encountered when one body is moved in
contact with another [syn: friction, rubbing]
2: representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made
by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
3: effort expended in moving one object over another with
pressure [syn: friction, detrition, rubbing] |
rubbing alcohol
(wn) | rubbing alcohol
n 1: lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl
alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use |
scrubbing
(wn) | scrubbing
n 1: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush
and soap and water [syn: scrub, scrubbing, scouring] |
scrubbing brush
(wn) | scrubbing brush
n 1: a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning [syn:
scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber] |
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