verb
1. wear away
• Derivationally related forms: ↑corrasion (for: ↑corrade), ↑abrasive (for: ↑abrade), ↑abrasion (for: ↑abrade), ↑abradant (for: ↑abrade), ↑abrader (for: ↑abrade), ↑rubdown
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something
2. manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
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She rubbed down her child with a sponge
• Hypernyms: ↑manipulate
• Entailment: ↑rub
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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rub down [phrasal verb]
rub (someone or something) down or rub down (someone or something) : to rub (a person or animal's body) with your hands in order to clean, dry, or massage it
The trainer rubbed down the players after the game to keep them from getting sore.
— see also ↑rubdown
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Main Entry: ↑rub
Useful english dictionary. 2012.