| has gloss | (verb) move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
rub |
| lexicalization | eng: rub |
| subclass of | (verb) pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
guide, draw, run, pass |
| has subclass | (verb) rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
brush |
| has subclass | (verb) rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
pumice |
| has subclass | (verb) rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
gauge |
| has subclass | (verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
strain, puree |
| has subclass | (verb) rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"
rosin |
| has subclass | (verb) clean with a sponge, by rubbing
sponge off, sponge down |
| has subclass | (verb) touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"
worry |
| has subclass | (verb) clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
scrub, scour |
| has subclass | (verb) rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
scour, abrade |
| has subclass | (verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging
smutch, blur, smear, smudge |
| has subclass | (verb) scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
scrape, grate |
| has subclass | (verb) rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"
pass over, wipe |
| has subclass | (verb) reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
grate |