VERB | contact | rub | move over something with pressure |
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contact | rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch | cause friction | |
perception | rub, scratch, itch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | |
NOUN | cognition | rub, hang-up, hitch, snag | an unforeseen obstacle |
act | rub, wipe | the act of rubbing or wiping |
Sounds | rah'b | |
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Rhymes | Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb... |
Meaning | An unforeseen obstacle. | |
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Synonyms | hang-up, hitch, snag | |
Broader | obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted |
Spanish | complicación, dificultad, impedimento, obstáculo, pega, problema, tropiezo | |
Catalan | complicació, dificultat, entrebanc, impediment, pega |
Meaning | The act of rubbing or wiping. | |
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Example | "he gave the hood a quick rub" | |
Synonym | wipe | |
Narrower | scuff | The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) |
Broader | contact, physical contact | The act of touching physically |
Spanish | frotamiento | |
Catalan | neteja | |
Verbs | rub | move over something with pressure |
rub | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching |
Meaning | Move over something with pressure. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They rub the cake with sugar; They rub sugar over the cake | |
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Entails | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
Entailed by | erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off | Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |
file | Smooth with a file | |
gloss | Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | |
grate, grind | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | |
massage, rub down, knead | manually manipulate (someone's body) , usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | |
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine | |
rasp | scrape with a rasp | |
smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing | |
Narrower | brush | rub with a brush, or as if with a brush |
gauge | rub to a uniform size | |
grate | Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing / rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface | |
pumice | rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen / smoothen | |
puree, strain | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | |
rosin | rub rosin onto | |
scour, abrade | rub hard or scrub | |
scrape, grate | scratch repeatedly | |
scrub, scour | clean with hard rubbing | |
smear, blur, smudge, smutch | make a smudge on | |
sponge down, sponge off | clean with a sponge, by rubbing | |
wipe, pass over | rub with a circular motion | |
worry | touch or rub constantly | |
Broader | guide, run, draw, pass | pass over, across, or through |
See also | rub down, rub off | wear away |
rub down | manually manipulate (someone's body) , usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | |
rub out | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | |
Spanish | acariciar, friccionar, frotarse, frotar, restregarse, restregar | |
Catalan | fregar-se, fregar, refregar-se, refregar | |
Nouns | rub | the act of rubbing or wiping |
rubbing | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure |
Meaning | Cause friction. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | fray, fret, chafe, scratch | |
Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
Spanish | escoriar, rozar | |
Catalan | arpar, esgarrapar, fregar-se, garfinyar, gratar, polir, rascar, ratllar, refregar-se, unglejar | |
Nouns | rubbing | the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another |
Meaning | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | scratch, itch | |
Broader | irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame |
Spanish | frotar, picar, rascar, restregar | |
Catalan | fregar-se, rascar, refregar-se | |
Nouns | rub | the act of rubbing or wiping |
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