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Got the genie out of the lamp
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rubbed
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Word definitions in WordNet
v. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: fray , fret , chafe , scratch ] scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!" [syn: scratch , itch ] ...
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vb. (en-pastrub)
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rub \Rub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rubbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rubbing .] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.] To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something ...
Usage examples of rubbed.
I was, therefore, obliged to give it up, as you may imagine, but I own I went away with rather a heavy heart, for the horse had looked at me affectionately, had rubbed his head against me and, when I mounted him, had pranced in the most delightful way imaginable, so that I was altogether fascinated with him.
She took ambergris from her pack and crumbled it, rubbed the waxy green granules into the soles of her feet, her wrists.
The arm on which she had rubbed the ambergris was sliding free, for the fabric did not adhere to it.
Taking the towel as Amine left to hang her clothes, Christina rubbed her body down vigorously.
Billy Anker absently rubbed his right hand as if to alleviate the pain of his missing fingers.
When Aumery dried him off, Michel rubbed the stubble on his head, feeling vulnerable with the air moving against his scalp and his bare, clean skin.
She slipped the red bandanna off her head and rubbed her sweaty face with it.
The bather had no soap, but used rough fibre gloves with which he rubbed the surface of his skin until it glowed.
He rubbed it bethumb and forefinger, as if testing its texture, then handed it to Howard.
He rubbed his hands, and the character of his joy was so evidently ferocious that de Beze shuddered: he saw the sea of blood his master was contemplating.
He rubbed the engraved opal that was the bezel of the ring and it began to glow like a brightening ember, smoky crimson shot with livid green at first, then kindling to a vivid scarlet.
As she looked him over, she rubbed at her eyes, which were bloodshot from smoking the potent bhang they grow on Summerworld.
Mac took a swig of bleer, lifted his eyepatch, and rubbed a nasty scar where an eye had been.
The leaves when bruised, if worn in the hat, or rubbed on the face, will prevent flies from settling on the person.
When bruised and mixed with lard, it makes a most useful opbdeldoc to be rubbed in for irritable spines of indolent scrofulous tumours or gout, until the skin surface becomes red and glowing.