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How to pronounce “rub”
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Pronunciation guide for rub
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of rub with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling
Season it with the salt, rub it with a little bit of oil,
- Definition summary
- An act of rubbing.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce rub
Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling
Season it with the salt, rub it with a little bit of oil,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “rub”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An act of rubbing.
- A difficulty or problem.
- (archaic) A quip or sarcastic remark.
- 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.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
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