rub
/rʌb/ verb (present participle rubbing, past tense and past participle rubbed)Translation
PRESS YOUR HANDS [T] › to press your hand or a cloth on a surface and move it backwards and forwards
ovmak, ovalamak, ovuşturmak
She rubbed her hands together to warm them. He rubbed himself dry with a towel. Rub the stain with a damp cloth.1970 rub sth into/on, etc › to move a substance backwards and forwards over a surface so that it covers it and goes into it
sürmek, yaymak
I rubbed some suntan oil on her back. Rub the butter into the flour.1970TOUCH [I, T] › to touch and move against something, often causing pain or damage
sürmek, sürtmek
My new boots are rubbing against my toes.1970rub it in informal › to upset someone by talking to them about something which you know they want to forget
→ See also rub shoulders with sb → See also rub sb up the wrong way rub off phrasal verb unutulması istenilen bir şeyi sürekli hatırlatmak, ısrarla tekrarlamak, küllenmiş koru alevlendirmek
985 › If a quality or characteristic of a particular person rubs off, other people begin to have it because they have been with that person.
rub sth out phrasal verb UK bulaşmak, geçmek, etkilenmek, aynı özellikleri kapmak
His enthusiasm is starting to rub off on the rest of us.1123 › to remove writing from something by rubbing it with a piece of rubber or a cloth
silmek, silerek temizlemek
1192(Definition of rub verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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