Rub is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for RUB in dictionary:

VERB:
• to apply friction
• (Scots) to rob
• apply firm pressure to the surface of (something), using a repeated back and forth motion
• apply (ointment, polish, or a similar substance) with a back and forth motion
• make dry, clean, or smooth by rubbing
• reproduce the design of (a sepulchral brass or a stone) by rubbing paper laid on it with coloured wax, pencil, or chalk, etc.
• (with reference to two things) move or cause to move to and fro against each other with a certain amount of friction
• (of shoes or other hard items in contact with the skin) cause pain through friction
• (of a bowl) be slowed or diverted by the unevenness of the ground.
• apply pressure with a circular or backwards-and-forwards movement
• 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.
• To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
• To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
• To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
• To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
• To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
• To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
• To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
• To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
• move over something with pressure
• cause friction
• scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
• move (one's hand, a cloth, or another object) back and forth against a surface
• work an ingredient into (a mixture) by breaking and blending it with firm movements of one's fingers
RESIDUAL:
• Russian rouble(s).
NOUN:
• an act of rubbing
• an ointment designed to be rubbed on the skin to ease pain
• the central problem or difficulty in a situation
• (in bowling) an uneven patch of ground that impedes or diverts a bowl.
• The act of rubbing; friction.
• 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.
• Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
• Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
• Imperfection; failing; fault.
• A chance.
• A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.
• an unforeseen obstacle
• the act of rubbing or wiping
• act of rubbing
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to move along the surface of a body with pressure

Words related to RUB

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Words that contain RUB

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How to use RUB in a sentence

• Gather all the scraps together, put them into a basin with the flour, and rub them well together.
• She was going to rub them herself, I believe, and went into the china-closet, which opens from the room, for the silver-soap.
• I rub my eyes, I rise, I go and lean against the rail.
• Aladdin, wringing his hands in despair, happened to rub the magic ring, when the genius of the ring appeared before him, and asked him his commands.
• To awaken the patient after the operation, fill another sponge with vinegar and rub the teeth and nostrils with the sponge, and put some vinegar in the nostrils.
• And in speaking of him still earlier, you must remember to take your india-rubber and rub out this line from his face.
• Also she gave them a jar of olive-oil so that they might rub themselves with oil when bathing in the river.
• The Islanders, near the Philippines, take the hand or foot of him they salute, and with it they gently rub their face.
• Rub a little of the mild preparation on top of the head, under the throat and beneath the wings.
• Then another scoop of water, and another vigorous rub, ending behind his ears as before.
• Early on the first morning of his service men in brass-buttoned blue coats came to the stable to feed and rub down the horses.
• Remove the shells, drop into boiling water, and boil for ten minutes, take out, drop into cold water, and rub off the brown skin.
• Rub all through a colander, and add salt, a cup of milk, and a half cup of thin cream.
• Rub two quarts of stewed or canned tomatoes through a colander, to remove all seeds and fragments.
• Then he would rush back to the cabin, seize a plug of tobacco, smell it, rub it against his lips, and away he would go again.
• Her shoulders were of an order far too refined to rub or be rubbed.
• Tie down the legs and rub entire surface with salt and let stand overnight.
• Dissolve on stove one-half pound of sweet chocolate, in one cup of sweet milk, rub smooth and thick, let get cold, and add to the eggs, just before putting in cream.
• They pray to these figures, and when they are eating a good dinner they rub the mouths of their gods with the meat, and do many other stupid things.
• To-day Miss Bray kept me in for putting something on the blackboard I forgot to rub out.
• Rub butter and flour together, and make into dough with half a cup of warm milk.
• Rub the bit of butter, the salt, and sugar, into the flour, and stir in the ice-water and egg beaten together.

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