rub

1. (transitive)To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

   I rubbed the cloth over the glass.

   The cat rubbed itself against my leg.

   reiben

   тере́тьterétʹ, потере́тьpoterétʹ

   те́ртиtérty

   move over something with pressure

2. (intransitive)To be rubbed against something.

   My shoes are beginning to rub.

   reiben, abreiben, sich abreiben

   тере́тьterétʹ, потере́тьpoterétʹ

3. (transitive)To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

   meat rubbed with spices before barbecuing

   einreiben

4. (dated)To move or pass with difficulty.

   to rub through woods, as huntsmen

5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.

   to rub up silver

   polieren, aufpolieren, putzen

6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

7. (transitive)To touch the jack with the bowl.

1. Could you give me a back rub?

   Ти не могла би почесати мені спину?

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2. She rubbed her eyes.

   Вона потерла очі.

   ruОна потёрла глаза.

   deSie rieb sich die Augen.

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3. Tom rubs me the wrong way.

   deTom geht mir gegen den Strich.

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4. She rubbed her hair with a towel.

   ruОна растёрла волосы полотенцем.

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5. Tom didn't have to rub it in.

   ruТому не нужно было это мусолить.

   deTom hätte nicht auch noch darauf herumreiten müssen.

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regular · Lesson

• rub upпереглянути, переглядатиTo polish or scrub; to cover (something with a substance) by rubbing.
• rub outзробити, робитиTo delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser).
• rub downмасажувати, промасажуватиTo rub from top to bottom, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massage.
• rub offUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, off.
• rub inTo apply by rubbing.
• rub awayTo rub in order to erase
• rub alongTo survive or get by with some difficulty.