rub

/rʌb/

US pronunciation

American sound/rʌb/

rub

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short u vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> rub

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပွတ်

Full entry

rub /rʌb/ v (-bb- )

၁။ (က) ~ (sth) (with sth) ပွတ်သည်။ If you keep rubbing, the paint will come off. ❍ He rubbed his eyes. ❍ She rubbed her chin thoughtfully. ❍ Rub the surface with a damp cloth. ❍ She rubbed her hand across her face. ❍ The cat was rubbing (itself) against my legs. (ခ) ~ sth (together) ပွတ်တိုက်သည်။ She rubbed her hands (together) in delight.
(ဂ) ~ (on/against sb/sth) ပွတ်တိုက်နေသည်။ ငြိနေသည်။ The heel of my shoe is rubbing (ie against my foot). ❍ The wheel is rubbing on the mudguard.
၂။ (ပြောင်လက်အောင်၊ ခြောက်သွေ့အောင်) ပွတ်သည်၊ တိုက်သည်။ rub the surface smooth ❍ rub one's hair dry (with a towel).
၃။ ~ sth (in/into/on/over sth) လိမ်းသပ်သည်။ Rub the lotion in/into your skin. ❍ He rubbed the cream on her back.
n
၁။ [C usu sing ] ပွတ်တိုက်ခြင်း။ ပွတ်ခြင်း။ တိုက်ခြင်း။ Give your shoes a rub before you go out.
၂။ the rub [sing] (dated or rhet ) ပြဿနာ။ အခက်။ One needs employment in order to secure a place to live. There's/There lies the rub.
❏ rub along (with sb/together) [PHRV ] (Brit infml ) ပလဲနံပသင့်သည်။
❏ rubbing n ကျောက်စာစသည် ထပ်ကူးပုံ။ take a brass rubbing (eg of a decoration on a TOMBSTONE).
❏ rub (sb/oneself/sth) down [PHRV ] ခြောက်အောင်၊ စင်အောင် နာနာတိုက်သည်။ The players paused to rub (themselves) down between games.
❏ rub sth down [PHRV ] ချောအောင်တိုက်သည်၊ စားသည်။ Rub the wood down well with fine sandpaper before painting.
❏ rub it in [PHRV ] အနာဟောင်းကို ဆွဆွပေးသည်။ I know it was a silly thing to do, but there's no need to rub it in!
❏ rub sb's nose in it [IDM ] (infml ) အပြစ်နှင့် မတန်အောင် ပက်ပက်စက်စက်မြည်တွန်တောက်တီးသည်။
❏ rub (sth) off (sth) [PHRV ] ပွတ်ထုတ်သည်။ ချေသည်။ ဖျက်သည်။ Rub the mud off your trousers. ❍ Who's rubbed my figures off the blackboard? ❍ These stains won't rub off.
❏ rub off (on/onto sb) [PHRV ] (infml ) ကူးသည်။ Let's hope some of his good luck rubs off on me!
❏ rub sb out [PHRV ] (US sl ) သတ်ပစ်သည်။ ရှင်း ပစ်သည်။
❏ rub sth out [PHRV ] မင်ဖျက် (သို့) ခဲဖျက်နှင့်ဖျက်သည်။ rub out a mistake/word/drawing.
❏ rub salt into the wound/sb's wounds [IDM ] အနာထဲဆားပက်သည်။
❏ rub shoulders with sb [IDM ] (ထင်ပေါ်ကျော်ကြား သူတို့နှင့်) ဆက်ဆံရသည်၊ လက်ပွန်းတတီး နေရသည်။ He's rubbing shoulders with film stars all the time.
❏ rub sth up [PHRV ] (ပြောင်လက်အောင်) တိုက်ချွတ် သည်။
❏ rub sb up the wrong way [IDM ] (infml ) အပြောမတတ် ၍ ဆဲသလိုဖြစ်ရသည်။ She tends to rub people up the wrong way.

Synonyms

massage, stroke, chafe, polish, wipe, pat, abrade, abrasion, anoint, apply, attrition, bar, bark, brush, brushing, buff, burnish, caress, catch, clean, coat, cover, crimp, curry, daub, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, dry, erase, erode, excoriate, file, fondle, fray, fret, friction, furbish, gall, glance, glaze, gloss, grate, graze, grind, grinding, hamper, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, hurt, impediment, irritate, knead, kneading, mop, obstacle, paint, plaster, predicament, problem, put, rasp, rasping, scour, scouring, scrape, scraping, scrub, shine, slather, smear, smooth, smoothing, snag, spread, squeeze, stroking, stumbling block, swab, swipe, traverse, triturate, trouble, wear, wear down

Antonyms

advantage, aid, assistance, blessing, boon, dirty, dull, dullness, help, make happy, opening, please, reveal, solution, soothe, strip, uncover

Cross references

massage stroke chafe polish wipe pat abrade abrasion anoint apply attrition bar bark brush brushing buff burnish caress catch clean coat cover crimp curry daub difficulty dilemma drawback