Definition of rub

"rub" in the noun sense

1. hang-up, hitch, rub, snag

an unforeseen obstacle

2. rub, wipe

the act of rubbing or wiping

"he gave the hood a quick rub"

"rub" in the verb sense

1. rub

move over something with pressure

"rub my hands"

"rub oil into her skin"

2. rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch

cause friction

"my sweater scratches"

3. rub, scratch, itch

scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

"Don't scratch your insect bites!"

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Quotations for rub

Never rub your eye but with your elbow. [ Proverb ]

Scandal will rub out like dirt when it is dry. [ Proverb ]

The file grates other things; but rub itself out too. [ Proverb ]

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. [ Montaigne ]

Life is as a slate where all our sins are written: from time to time we rub the sponge of repentance over it, in order to begin to sin anew.

Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety, - all this rust of life, ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub himself with it. A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it runs. [ Beecher ]

rub in Scrabble®

The word rub is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

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rub in Words With Friends™

The word rub is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words containing the sequence rub

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Longer words containing rub

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bilirubin bilirubinemia hyperbilirubinemia

bilirubin bilirubinemic

bilirubin bilirubinic

bilirubin bilirubins

bilirubin bilirubinuria bilirubinurias

bilirubin bilirubinuric

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crubeen crubeens

doxorubicin doxorubicins

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rubber rubberising

rubber rubberize rubberized unrubberized

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rubella pseudorubella

rubeola

rubicelle rubicelles

rubicon rubiconed

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rubies

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rubrospinal rubrospinally

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ruby rubylike

ruby rubytail rubytails

ruby rubythroat rubythroats

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scrub overscrub overscrubbing

scrub overscrub overscrubs

scrub rescrub rescrubbed

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shrub subshrub

shrub undershrub undershrubs

unrubified