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(1):

(v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.

(2):

(v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.

(3):

(v. i.) To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.

(4):

(v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; - often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.

(5):

(v. t.) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

(6):

(v. t.) 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.

(7):

(v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

(8):

(n.) The act of rubbing; friction.

(9):

(n.) 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.

(10):

(n.) Imperfection; failing; fault.

(11):

(v. t.) To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.

(12):

(v. i.) To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.

(13):

(n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.

(14):

(n.) Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.

(15):

(n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; - called also rubstone.

(16):

(n.) A chance.