rub - English word #771

Translation

To move your hand back and forth over a surface while pressing on it.

Word origin

From Middle English rubben, meaning to scrape or scour.

Verb typeregular (rub, rubs, rubbed)

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"Rub" means to move your hands back and forth on something.

mark off .

"Rubbed" is the past form of "rub".

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"Rubs" is the form used with he, she, or it.

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

hold

To have something in your hands or arms and keep it there.

clean

To take away dirt from something so it is no longer dirty.

skin

The thin outer layer that covers the whole of your body.

dry

Not wet; with no water on it or in it.

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