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" My grandfather was a healer, and he used matches often. Once, he burnt a wart off my finger and then rubbed the ash deep into it, and it never did come back. When he worked at a factory, people would line up next to his truck to be healed. He died before he could teach us any of his secrets."
Shea Hembrey

Meaning of "rubbed" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF RUBBED

rubbed


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUBBED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rubbed is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rubbed in English.

WHAT DOES RUBBED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rubbing

A rubbing is a reproduction of the texture of a surface created by placing a piece of paper or similar material over the subject and then rubbing the paper with something to deposit marks, most commonly charcoal or pencil, but also various forms of blotted and rolled ink, chalk, wax, and many other substances as well. Common uses for this technique include: ▪ Brass rubbing, to make copies of monumental brasses ▪ Forensic uses, including finding out what was written on a sheet of paper removed from a pad by rubbing the impressions left on subsequent sheets or other backing materials ▪ Frottage, a surrealist art form ▪ Stone rubbing, to make copies of patterns and inscriptions of gravestones or other incised or textured stone surfaces...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RUBBED

PRESENT

Present
I rub
you rub
he/she/it rubs
we rub
you rub
they rub
Present continuous
I am rubbing
you are rubbing
he/she/it is rubbing
we are rubbing
you are rubbing
they are rubbing
Present perfect
I have rubbed
you have rubbed
he/she/it has rubbed
we have rubbed
you have rubbed
they have rubbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been rubbing
you have been rubbing
he/she/it has been rubbing
we have been rubbing
you have been rubbing
they have been rubbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I rubbed
you rubbed
he/she/it rubbed
we rubbed
you rubbed
they rubbed
Past continuous
I was rubbing
you were rubbing
he/she/it was rubbing
we were rubbing
you were rubbing
they were rubbing
Past perfect
I had rubbed
you had rubbed
he/she/it had rubbed
we had rubbed
you had rubbed
they had rubbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been rubbing
you had been rubbing
he/she/it had been rubbing
we had been rubbing
you had been rubbing
they had been rubbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rub
you will rub
he/she/it will rub
we will rub
you will rub
they will rub
Future continuous
I will be rubbing
you will be rubbing
he/she/it will be rubbing
we will be rubbing
you will be rubbing
they will be rubbing
Future perfect
I will have rubbed
you will have rubbed
he/she/it will have rubbed
we will have rubbed
you will have rubbed
they will have rubbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been rubbing
you will have been rubbing
he/she/it will have been rubbing
we will have been rubbing
you will have been rubbing
they will have been rubbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rubbed
you would rubbed
he/she/it would rubbed
we would rubbed
you would rubbed
they would rubbed
Conditional continuous
I would be rubbing
you would be rubbing
he/she/it would be rubbing
we would be rubbing
you would be rubbing
they would be rubbing
Conditional perfect
I would have rubbed
you would have rubbed
he/she/it would have rubbed
we would have rubbed
you would have rubbed
they would have rubbed
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been rubbing
you would have been rubbing
he/she/it would have been rubbing
we would have been rubbing
you would have been rubbing
they would have been rubbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rub
we let´s rub
you rub
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rub
Past participle
rubbed
Present Participle
rubbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUBBED

rubato · rubber · rubber band · rubber boots · rubber bridge · rubber bullet · rubber cement · rubber cheque · rubber gloves · rubber goods · rubber jaw · rubber plant · rubber plantation · rubber ring · rubber solution · rubber stamp · rubber tree · rubber-stamp · rubber-tyred · rubberise

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUBBED

blubbed · clubbed · cubbed · drubbed · dubbed · flubbed · grabbed · grubbed · nubbed · overdubbed · pubbed · scrubbed · slubbed · snubbed · stubbed · subbed · tubbed · underclubbed · undubbed · unrubbed · unshrubbed

Synonyms and antonyms of rubbed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RUBBED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rubbed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
abrade · apply · caress · chafe · clean · fray · grate · knead · massage · polish · put · scour · scrape · shine · smear · smooth · spread · stroke · wipe · work in

Translation of «rubbed» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF RUBBED

Find out the translation of rubbed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rubbed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rubbed» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

frotado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

rubbed
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يفرك
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

потер
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

esfregou
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঘষা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

frotté
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Menggosok
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

rieb
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

こすっ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

문질러
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Rubbed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cọ xát
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

முறைத்து
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चोळण्यात
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sürülür
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

strofinato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

przetarł
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

потер
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

frecat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρίβονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geskuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gnuggade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gnidd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rubbed

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBBED»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of rubbed
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «rubbed».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rubbed

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «RUBBED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rubbed.
1
Brian Acton
My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family history. Maybe that eventually rubbed off on me a little bit.
2
Vinoba Bhave
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.
3
Bootsy Collins
I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording.
4
Shea Hembrey
My grandfather was a healer, and he used matches often. Once, he burnt a wart off my finger and then rubbed the ash deep into it, and it never did come back. When he worked at a factory, people would line up next to his truck to be healed. He died before he could teach us any of his secrets.
5
Bob Hope
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
6
Christopher Judge
My number one inspiration was my mother. She worked two jobs and had breakfast and dinner prepared. I essentially called my mother, The Lion. She's fierce and she's proud. I'd like to think some of that rubbed off on me.
7
Brooke Langton
The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me.
8
Bharati Mukherjee
Lepers were a common sight all over India and in every part of Calcutta, but extending help beyond dropping a coin or two into their rag-wrapped stumps was not. As a child I was convinced even touching a spot a leper had rubbed against would lead to infection.
9
Tony Parker
My mom was a model, and her laid-back but put-together sensibility really rubbed off on me.
10
Beatrix Potter
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBBED»

Discover the use of rubbed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rubbed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rubbed Out
Books by Barbara Block CHUTES AND ADDERS TWISTER IN PLAINSIGHT THE SCENT OF MURDER VANISHING ACT ENDANGERED SPECIES BLOWING SMOKE RUBBED OUT Published by Kensington PublishingCorporation RUBBED ...
Barbara Block, 2003
2
Rubbed Out
Even Lulu Taylor—proprietress of Aunt Pat’s Barbeque Restaurant in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee—needs to get out of the kitchen now and then.
Riley Adams, 2013
3
Soil survey of Missaukee County, Michigan
1 8, T. 22 N., R. 8 W. Oe— 0 to 5 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and rubbed hemic material, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) dry; about 80 percent fibers, 35 percent rubbed; weak thick platy structure; very friable; many fine roots; primarily  ...
William E. Frederick, United States. Soil Conservation Service, Michigan Technological University, 1985
4
Soil Survey of Berrien County, Michigan
Oa2— 8 to 12 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face sapric material, dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) rubbed; about 20 percent fibers, less than 5 percent fibers rubbed; strong coarse blocky structure; friable; many fine and medium ...
Jerry D. Larson, 1980
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Soil survey
22, T. 1 N., R. 16 E. Oa1— 0 to 6 inches; black (10YR 2/1) broken face and rubbed sapric material; less than 5 percent fibers unrubbed and rubbed; moderate medium and fine granular structure; loose; many roots; neutral; clear smooth ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1980
6
Electrical Studies for Trades
They noticed that when amber was rubbed with other materials, it became charged with an unknown force. This force had the power to attract other objects, such as dried leaves, feathers, bits of cloth, or other lightweight materials. The Greeks ...
Stephen Herman, 2013
7
LAXTON'S BUILDING PRICE
Copings; horizontal plain and rubbed faces -2; weathered and rubbed faces -2; throats -2; cramped joints with stainless steel cramps 300 x 75mm............................ ......... 70.00 2.50 71.75 1.05 0.80 24.31 4.36 100.42 m 112.97 300 x 100mm.
V B Johnson, 2006
8
Soil survey of Ogemaw County, Michigan
face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), rubbed, fibric material; 100 percent fibers, 80 percent rubbed; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. Oa1— 12 to 42 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), broken face and rubbed, sapric material; ...
Erik P. Johnson, United States. Soil Conservation Service, United States. Forest Service, 1990
9
The Rubbed Away Girl
The most important new literary journal to emerge since Granta, Open City has published some of the best work by major writers and artists such as Mary Gaitskill, Denis Johnson, Jeff Koons, David Foster Wallace, Irvine Welsh, Terry Southern ...
David Berman, Mary Gaitskill, Steve Malkmus, 2000
10
THE CHIMIST
dies which are repelled by glass are similarly electrified, and if otlier substances also produce repulsion they are similarly electrified. In the case of the feathers, when one is electrified by the sealing-wax rubbed with flannel, and the other by ...
‎1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBBED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rubbed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Eggner's Ferry Bridge 'rubbed' by barge
The Eggner's Ferry Bridge was reduced to one lane briefly overnight after a barge rubbed up against a pier late Wednesday night. Part of the new bridge under ... «KFVS, Jul 15»
2
Salesman took teen's hand and rubbed it on his groin
George Cristea (22) was showing the then-18-year-old student how to style her hair when he grabbed her hand and rubbed it against his groin, Dublin District ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
3
Cook This! with Shereen Pavlides
Cook This! with Shereen: Spiced Rubbed Baby Back Ribs ... Chef Shereen Pavlides heats up the grill for Father's Day with her Spiced Rubbed Baby Back Ribs. «Bucks County Courier Times, Jun 15»
4
Police: Mom rubbed eggs, hot sauce in daughter's eyes
HOUSTON (KHOU) - A mother has been charged with injury to a child after allegedly rubbing eggs and hot sauce in her daughter's eyes and hitting her. «WTSP 10 News, May 15»
5
Man Rubbed Against Woman, Flashed Her Aboard Brooklyn F Train …
Police are looking for a man they say rubbed up against a 49-year-old woman's buttocks on a crowded rush hour train and then exposed himself to her when ... «NBC New York, Apr 15»
6
Police: West Haven man rubbed genitals on woman at Walgreens
WEST HAVEN >> A city man who had been wanted for sexual misconduct is facing more charges after he allegedly rubbed his genitals on a woman's arm at a ... «New Haven Register, Mar 15»
7
Scots College alleged assault: Police investigate allegations boy …
Police are investigating an alleged incident in which a student from The Scots College was held down by one boy while another student rubbed his genitals near ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
8
Police: Man rubbed hand sanitizer in woman's eyes while she was …
Daniel Hitt spit on his girlfriend, pushed her, damaged her car and began the assault by rubbing hand sanitizer into her face while she was driving, according to ... «WSB Atlanta, Feb 15»
9
Ex-Juvenile Hall Guard Tamie Marie Bieker Accused of Rubbing 3 …
On July 21, 2014, she allegedly rubbed a 14-year-old boy's shoes in urine after he ... turning them over, rubbing the tops of both shoes in the urine, putting them ... «OC Weekly, Feb 15»
10
Smethwick robbers who rubbed chilli powder into victims' eyes jailed
One of the brothers grabbed the phone while his accomplice rubbed the red-hot powder into the victim's face. Later that same day, a 30-year-old woman had her ... «Birmingham Mail, Jan 15»
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