Synset

move over something with pressure
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 19

sample sentences

"rub my hands"
"rub oil into her skin"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s sugar over the cake
They %s the cake with sugar

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rub rubbing

also see

rub down rub off rub down rub out

semantic pointers

hypernym

pass, run, guide, draw

hyponym

brush pumice gauge puree, strain rosin sponge off, sponge down worry scrub, scour scour, abrade smear, blur, smudge, smutch scrape, grate wipe, pass over grate

entailment

touch