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- Dictionaryrubbing/ˈrʌbɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the action of rubbing something: "dab at the stain—vigorous rubbing could damage the carpet"
- 2. an impression of a design on brass or stone, made by rubbing on paper laid over it with coloured wax, pencil, chalk, etc.
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(Definition of rubbing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rubbing. rubbing. Brickwork in particular was meticulously planned, with courses of headers and stretchers differentiated, and corbelled piers or rubbing-strips developed in both elevation and section.
noun. an act or action of a person or thing that rubs. an impression of an incised or sculptured surface made by laying paper over it and rubbing with heelball, graphite, or a similar substance until the image appears. rubbing. / ˈrʌbɪŋ /.
The meaning of RUBBING is an image of a raised, incised, or textured surface obtained by placing paper over it and rubbing the paper with a colored substance. How to use rubbing in a sentence.
1. a. : to subject to or as if to the action of something moving especially back and forth with pressure and friction. b (1) : to cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface. (2) : to treat in any of various ways by rubbing. c. : to bring into reciprocal back-and-forth or rotary contact. 2.
an impression of a design, picture, etc. incised or in relief on a surface (as of a gravestone), taken by placing a piece of paper on it and rubbing over the paper with graphite, wax, etc.
Define rubbing. rubbing synonyms, rubbing pronunciation, rubbing translation, English dictionary definition of rubbing. n. 1. The act of polishing, cleaning, or drying. 2. A representation of a raised or indented surface made by placing paper over the surface and rubbing the...
(Definition of rubbing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rubbing. rubbing. Acceptable documents are birth and death certificates, marriage licenses and cemetery rubbings. From Baltimore Sun.
Definitions of rubbing. noun. effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure. synonyms: detrition, friction. see more. noun. the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another. synonyms: friction. see more. noun.
Definition of rubbing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
v. to put friction on (something), as in polishing or massaging: [ ~ + object] He rubbed the silver teapot with a cloth and some polish. [ no object] He rubbed until the silver shone. [ ~ + on/against + object] The noise you hear is the mechanism rubbing against something.
