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verb
- To fret and wear by rubbing.
- To be worn by rubbing.
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
noun
verb
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- To strike.
- To make a character or an item stronger.
- To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
noun
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The bare skin.
adj
noun
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- A loan.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- A difficulty or problem.
verb
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To be rubbed against something.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
verb
- give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
- provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
noun
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- the property of being smooth and shiny
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
verb
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- cause friction
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
noun
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- informal terms for money
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- dry mash for poultry
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- poor handwriting
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- an indication of damage
noun
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
- Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
- An eraser.
- One who practises massage.
- A condom.
- The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- One who rubs down horses.
- Tires, particularly racing tires.
- Someone or something which rubs.
- A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- The cushion of an electric machine.
- Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
- The game of rubber bridge.
adj
verb
verb
adj
noun
verb
- To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- To make something dirty.
- To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
noun
- A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- A mark made by smearing.
- A rough glissando in jazz music.
- A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
verb
- To apply cosmetics.
- To constitute the components of a whole.
- To draw near to, approach to.
- To compensate (for).
- To make peace, to settle a dispute.
- To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
- To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- To constitute, to compose.
- To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
- To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
- To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
noun
- The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
- A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
- The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
- A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.
verb
- To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- To fit with glass; to glaze.
- To become glassy.
- To enclose in glass.
- To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- To make glassy.
noun
- The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
- A barometer.
- Transparent or translucent.
- An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- Lenses, considered collectively.
- Glassware.
- The backboard.
- A magnifying glass or telescope.
- A mirror.
- Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
verb
- To become covered with skin.
- To injure the skin of.
- To use tricks to go past a defender.
- To high five.
- To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- To apply a skin to (a computer program).
noun
- A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
- The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
- The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.
- That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- person, chap
- Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- Rolling paper for cigarettes.
verb
- To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
- To medicate with pills.
- Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- To form into the shape of a pill.
- To persuade or convince someone of something.
noun
- A bullet (projectile).
- An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
- A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
- A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- A comical or entertaining person.
- A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.
- Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge
- Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
- Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
verb
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (now historical) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- To dress with an adze.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To deem.
- To execute a shot poorly.
- To do something badly.
- To name, to entitle, to call.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
noun
- A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- A blow, thrust, or poke.
- A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- A win.
- The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- An unskillful, awkward person.
- A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- A pool or puddle.
- A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
verb
- To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
- To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
- To level a surface by applying furring to it.
noun
- The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
- Pubic hair.
- A thick pile of fabric.
- The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- Sexual attractiveness.
- A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
- The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
- One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
verb
- To finely shave or bevel an edge.
- To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
- To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
- To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
- To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
- To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
- To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
- Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
- To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
- To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
- To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
- To tread, as a cockerel.
- To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
- To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
- To move softly, like a feather.
noun
- A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
- One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
- Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
- One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
- A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
- Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
- The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
- Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
verb
- To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow].
- To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- To barely manage to achieve.
- To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
noun
- A shave.
- A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- To rub or burnish with cotton.
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To develop a porous, cottony texture.
- To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
- To provide with cotton.
- To cover walls with fabric.
- To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
- To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
- To fill with a wad of cotton.
- To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
- To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
noun
- Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
- An item of clothing made from cotton.
- Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
- Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
- The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
adj
verb
- To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- To operate by turning a crank.
- To shape with the force of friction.
- To rotate the hips erotically.
- To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- To eat.
- To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
noun
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A tedious and laborious task.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- Hustle; hard work.
adj
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