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1. The act of rubbing; friction.

2. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch.

3. Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.

4. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.

5. Imperfection; failing; fault.

6. A chance.

7. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; - called also rubstone.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.

2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.

3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.

Part of Speech: verb transitive

1. To subject ( a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.

2. To move over the surface of ( a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.

3. To cause ( a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.

4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

5. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

6. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; - often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.