verb

rub

Translation

to rub, to chafe, to massage

She rubbed her hands together to warm them.

Rub the lotion into your skin.

The new shoes rub my heels.

((sth.)) to move your hand or sth. backwards and forwards over a surface She rubbed her tired eyes.

((sth.)) ((into sth.)) to apply a substance by rubbing Rub the cream into your skin.

((...)) to make or become sore by rubbing My new shoes rub.

Synonyms: scrape, chafe, massage

Of Germanic origin, related to words meaning 'to scrape, scratch'.

Imagine using a 'rubber' (eraser). You have to 'rub' the paper with it.