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Noun rubbing has 3 senses
- friction, rubbing - the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
--1 is a kind of resistance
--1 has particulars:
- rubbing - representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
--2 is a kind of representation
- friction, detrition, rubbing - effort expended in rubbing one object against another
--3 is a kind of effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
--3 has particulars: attrition
Verb rub has 3 senses
- rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
--1 is one way to guide, run, draw, pass
Sample sentences:
They rub the cake with sugar
They rub sugar over the cake
- rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch - cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
--2 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
- rub, scratch, itch - scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
--3 is one way to irritate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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