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- English Word Roytish Definition Wild; irregular.
- English Word Ru bible Definition A ribble.
- English Word Rub Definition 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.
- English Word Rub Definition To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
- English Word Rub Definition To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
- English Word Rub Definition To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- English Word Rub Definition To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
- English Word Rub Definition To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- English Word Rub Definition To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
- English Word Rub Definition To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
- English Word Rub Definition To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
- English Word Rub Definition The act of rubbing; friction.
- English Word Rub Definition 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.
- English Word Rub Definition Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
- English Word Rub Definition Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
- English Word Rub Definition Imperfection; failing; fault.
- English Word Rub Definition A chance.
- English Word Rub Definition A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.
- English Word Ruba-dub Definition The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
- English Word Rubato Definition Robbed; borrowed.