'Rubbing' definitions:
Definition of 'rubbing'
From: WordNet
noun
The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another [syn: friction, rubbing]
noun
Representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
noun
Definition of 'Rubbing'
From: GCIDE
- Rub \Rub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rubbing.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned, to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body. [1913 Webster]
- Two bones rubbed hard against one another. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. [1913 Webster]
- The smoothed plank, . . . New rubbed with balm. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver. [1913 Webster]
- The whole business of our redemption is to rub over the defaced copy of the creation. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 'T is the duke's pleasure, Whose disposition, all the world well knows, Will not be rubbed nor stopped. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To rub down. (a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a horse. (b) To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, to rub down the rough points.
- To rub off, to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by friction; as, to rub off rust.
- To rub out, to remove or separate by friction; to erase; to obliterate; as, to rub out a mark or letter; to rub out a stain.
- To rub up. (a) To burnish; to polish; to clean. (b) To excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub up the memory. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rubbing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apograph,
- brushing,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- caressing,
- companion,
- confrication,
- contacting,
- contingent,
- copy,
- dead ringer,
- double,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- effigy,
- exact likeness,
- feeling,
- fellow,
- fiche,
- fingering,
- frication,
- fricative,
- friction,
- frictional,
- frottage,
- glancing,
- grazing,
- handling,
- hectography,
- icon,
- idol,
- image,
- impingent,
- impinging,
- in contact,
- likeness,
- living image,
- living picture,
- manifold,
- manipulation,
- match,
- mate,
- meeting,
- microcopy,
- microfiche,
- microform,
- mimeography,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- nudging,
- osculatory,
- palpation,
- perfrication,
- petting,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- pressure,
- recording,
- reduplication,
- reflection,
- reproduction,
- reprography,
- resemblance,
- rub,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- stroking,
- tangent,
- tangential,
- tenor,
- touching,
- trace,
- tracing,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- transfer,
- twin,
- very image,
- very picture,
- xerography