rub

Etymology
, of en origin; possibly ultimately from, related to.

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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.
 * 6) A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
 * 7)  A loan.
 * 1) In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
 * 2) Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
 * 3) A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
 * 4)  A loan.
 * 1)  A loan.

Synonyms

 * hitch, hiccup, catch, kink, glitch, snag

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ხახუნი
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: τρῖψις
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: šúchanie, trenie
 * Spanish:, frotamiento,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Zazaki: vılênayış


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Russian: ,


 * Russian: ,

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.
 * 6) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
 * 7)  To touch the jack with the bowl.
 * 1)  To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
 * 2)  To move or pass with difficulty.
 * 3) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
 * 4) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
 * 5)  To touch the jack with the bowl.
 * 1) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
 * 2) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
 * 3)  To touch the jack with the bowl.
 * 1) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
 * 2)  To touch the jack with the bowl.
 * 1)  To touch the jack with the bowl.
 * 1)  To touch the jack with the bowl.

Translations

 * Ainu: シルシル
 * Akan: twiw
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حَكَّ, فَرَكَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: فرك
 * Hijazi Arabic: دَعَك, فرك
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: frec
 * Assamese: ঘঁহা, মজা, মাজা
 * Asturian: esfregar, frotar
 * Azerbaijani:, ovuşdurmaq
 * Bashkir: ышҡыу, уҡалау
 * Belarusian: це́рці
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Sierra Miwok: čijá·k-
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 捽, 擦, 磨
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: gnide, gnugge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: freâ
 * Galician:, , refregar,
 * Georgian: გახახუნება, ხახუნი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τρίβω
 * Hebrew: שפשף
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: hiuttaa, heeroa
 * Irish: cuimil
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kashubian: trzéc
 * Kazakh: уқалау
 * Khmer:,  ,  ,
 * Korean:
 * Lao:, ຖູ,
 * Latgalian: treit
 * Latin: fricō
 * Latvian: trīt
 * Lithuanian: trinti
 * Luxembourgish: reiwen
 * Macedonian: трие
 * Maltese: għorok
 * Maori: orooro, mirimiri
 * Mbyá Guaraní: kyty
 * Middle English: rubben, rudden
 * Mongolian: урэх
 * Norman: frotter
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: трѣти
 * Old Czech: dřieti
 * Old English: gnīdan
 * Papiamentu: frega
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: thupay
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sgrattar
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: friài, friare, fricare, frigare
 * Scottish Gaelic: slìog
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рибати, трљати
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: trieť
 * Slovene:, trẹ́ti
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: trěś
 * Upper Sorbian: trěć
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: frifi
 * Sundanese: kosok
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: молидан
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tocharian B: kānt-
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: те́рти
 * Urdu: رگڑنا
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: רײַבן
 * Zazaki: werênen, sawen
 * Zealandic: vrieve, vruve


 * Ainu: シルシル
 * Azerbaijani:, sürtdürmək
 * Bashkir: ышҡыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: skrabe
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: გახახუნება
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Maori: orooro, mirimiri
 * Middle English: rubben
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: kosok
 * Vietnamese:


 * Azerbaijani: sürtülmək
 * Bashkir: ышҡылыу
 * Danish: gnave
 * Finnish:
 * German: sich abreiben, sich abscheuern, sich ablaufen
 * Indonesian:
 * Portuguese: raspado
 * Sundanese: kosok
 * Vietnamese:


 * Assamese:
 * Central: সানা
 * Eastern: সনা
 * Bashkir: һөртөү
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ，
 * Danish: smørre
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Maori: pani
 * Middle English: rubben
 * Polish: wcierać


 * Bashkir: ышҡыу
 * Danish: pudse,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Middle English: rubben
 * Sanskrit: घर्षति
 * Sundanese: kosok


 * Akan: twitwi
 * Armenian:
 * Danish: gnide (1,2); skave (3)
 * Ga: mmñra
 * Lao:
 * Latin: tergeō
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , , ,
 * Slovene: treti
 * Swedish:, (1),  (2),  (3)
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) back the reverse side
 * 2) the other (often negative) aspect of a situation
 * 1) the other (often negative) aspect of a situation
 * 1) the other (often negative) aspect of a situation
 * 1) the other (often negative) aspect of a situation

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) rub

Verb

 * 1) to rub

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) rim
 * 2) edge, brink

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) rib