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Meanings of rubbing in English

Portuguese
fricção
Catalan
frec

Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.

fricção
Usage of rubbing in English
1
The lawyer took off his spectacles; he began rubbing the glasses carefully.
The End of Her Honeymoon
2
The stock market investors must have been rubbing their hands with glee.
The Irish Times
3
Raisin Eyes flopped forward, left hand rubbing circles on his right shoulder.
Bones Are Forever
4
The polisher is used by rubbing with the grain of the wood.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
5
Arlen exuded calm; the two women might have been cows rubbing shoulders.
O+F
6
He sat by the hour rubbing the back of his left hand.
East of eden
7
Not convinced rubbing metal under your arms is the way to go?
Wired
8
Spread the tonic over the face, rubbing it thoroughly into the skin.
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore
9
His hand ventured automatically to his right leg and started rubbing it.
True blue
10
From a rubbing of a carved wooden model in the Sarawak Museum.
The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
11
Besides rubbing the silver once in four weeks, instead of every Friday.
The Other Girls
12
Lyrralt said, rubbing his shoulder as the runes started to dance again.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
13
Obviously distraught, he kept rubbing his hands on his short gray kimono.
Bundori
14
Arnold didn't respond right away, his thumb lightly rubbing against my knuckles.
Nocturnal
15
In rubbing and kneading, the skin should not be bruised or irritated.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
16
What is out of order is when rubbing shoulders becomes twisting arms.
The Guardian
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Translations for rubbing
Portuguese
fricçãoatrito
Rubbing through the time
Rubbing across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
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