chafe
gall
fret
rub up
rub in
abrade
attrite
excoriate
grossen
rub-up
illinition
anatripsology
urticate
sorediferous
rubdown
iatraliptic
anatripsis
rub
ashen
infriction
sorely
heady
anatriptic
fainten
scour
lumpen
limpen
cliticize
in pain
cutify
inflame
subtilize
itch
dear
sting
break
burn
pringle
sorediate
bite
risp
wipe
topically
acuminate
palen
rubbed
tingle
smooth
grossification
fray
tingly
smoothen
brush
rashness
soreness
painfully
pinguefy
sour
rubbingly
fricativise
slighten
perken
pinchy
smear
rub off
suavify
tarten
scarify
dry off
rawness
sicken
gloss
grate
frazzle
tenderness
attrition
raw
frottage
etiolate
scrub
prickle
coarsen
act up
smarting
attrite
sorediferous
iatraliptic
heady
anatriptic
dear
sorediate
rubbed
tingly
pinchy
smarting
sorely
topically
painfully
rubbingly
rub-up
illinition
anatripsology
rubdown
anatripsis
rub
infriction
itch
risp
wipe
grossification
rashness
soreness
sour
rawness
tenderness
attrition
raw
frottage
gall
tingle
chafe
gall
fret
rub up
rub in
abrade
excoriate
grossen
urticate
ashen
fainten
scour
lumpen
limpen
cliticize
cutify
inflame
subtilize
itch
sting
break
burn
pringle
bite
acuminate
palen
tingle
smooth
fray
smoothen
brush
rub
pinguefy
fricativise
slighten
perken
smear
rub off
suavify
tarten
scarify
dry off
sicken
gloss
grate
frazzle
etiolate
scrub
prickle
coarsen
act up
verb
noun
- a skin sore caused by chafing
- an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
verb
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- be agitated or irritated
- provide (a musical instrument) with frets
- cause annoyance in
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- carve a pattern into
- decorate with an interlaced design
- be too tight; rub or press
- cause friction
- remove soil or rock
- wear away or erode
noun
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
noun
- An act of rubbing.
- A loan.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- A difficulty or problem.
verb
- 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 rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
adj
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- Loved; lovable.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
- Lovely; kind.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- High in price; expensive.
noun
- An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
- A beloved person.
- A very kind, loving person.
- An elderly person, especially a woman.
adv
verb
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- deliver a sting to
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- cause a stinging pain
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
noun
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- a mental pain or distress
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
verb
- become punctured or penetrated
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- destroy by fire
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- undergo combustion
- cause to burn or combust
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- cause to undergo combustion
- execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
- spend (significant amounts of money)
- feel hot or painful
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- create by duplicating data
- use up (energy)
- damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
noun
verb
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- a strong odor or taste property
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
- a portion removed from the whole
verb
adj
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
adj
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
noun
verb
- To rub.
- To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
- To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
- Often followed by away, off, or out: to frighten or scare (someone or something) away.
- Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.
- To assail or attack (someone or something); to drive (someone or something) away by attacking.
- To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
- To be afraid or frightened; to fear.
- Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
- Of a deer: to rub its antlers against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet or to mark territory.
- To alarm or frighten (someone or something).
- To chase (someone or something) away; to disperse.
- To make an assault or attack; also, to create a disturbance; to brawl, to fight.
noun
verb
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
- touch lightly and briefly
- clean with a brush
- sweep across or over
- remove with or as if with a brush
- cover by brushing
noun
- a dense growth of bushes
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- momentary contact
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- a minor short-term fight
- the act of brushing your teeth
- the act of brushing your hair
- contact with something dangerous or undesirable
noun
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
- Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- The sensation of a sour taste.
verb
- To make sour.
- To become sour.
- To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To become disenchanted.
- To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
- To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
adj
verb
- To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- 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 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 cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- 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 make scratches or cuts on.
- To harrow the feelings.
- To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
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
noun
- A galled place; an inveterate sore.
- A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
- A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
- An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
- A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.
adj
- Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
- Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
- (of food) Not cooked.
- Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters.
- Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
- New or inexperienced.
- Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed.
- Uncorrected, without analysis.
- Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
- Unpleasantly cold or damp.
adv
verb
verb
- To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- To be diligent and penurious
- To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
noun
- One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
- One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
- Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- One who scrubs.
- One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- A cancellation.
- A worn-out brush.
- One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
adj
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