Rub down (original) (raw)
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
Example:
She rubbed down her child with a sponge
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rub down" is one way to...):
manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)
"Rub down" entails doing...:
rub (move over something with pressure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
rubdown (the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wear away
Synonyms:
abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rub down" is one way to...):
wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rub down"):
chafe; excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)
rasp (scrape with a rasp)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
rubdown (the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes)